3 ms·
Imagine my surprise coming from Italy, where our trains are famously dirty and late, and taking my first train in the UK. Trains are cleaner and somewhat less
by sph 4y ago
Imagine my surprise coming from Italy, where our trains are famously dirty and late, and taking my first train in the UK.
Trains are cleaner and somewhat less delayed, but bloody hell, they are not worth the price. For £110 I reckon you can go Milan–Naples (800 km, 4h30) in high speed 1st class train, which do not even exist in Britain.
The wonders of privatisation, innit?
- switch007 4y ago> The wonders of privatisation, innit? Many rail services in the UK are effectively not private now, and they're even worse, because when a right-wing government that hates public transport takes control, all hell breaks loose. We have a very complicated rail network which is bad for many reasons other than "private" or "public"