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In the UK the franchise model is slowly falling apart after Covid gave it a death blow. Lines are being nationalized as the operators extract bonuses for the ex
by phatfish 3y ago
In the UK the franchise model is slowly falling apart after Covid gave it a death blow. Lines are being nationalized as the operators extract bonuses for the exec team and finally give up by tanking the service so the government has to step in. Here is the latest.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65555262 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65555262
- lmm 3y agoHere's Deutsche Bahn for the same month: https://www.ksta.de/wirtschaft/deutsche-bahn-jeder-dritte-fernzug-ist-im-maerz-unpuenktlich-546728 https://www.ksta.de/wirtschaft/deutsche-bahn-jeder-dritte-fe... - and note they use a much more generous definition of "on time" (up to 6 minutes late) than the UK does. And they don't seem to even be publishing the number of cancellations, which are specifically excluded from that delay figure.
- btschaegg 3y agoObligatory mention of a great talk on the topic: "David Kriesel: BahnMining -- Pünktlichkeit ist eine Zier" (2019) English translation: https://youtu.be/AGCmPLWZKd8 https://youtu.be/AGCmPLWZKd8 Edit: Note: And that was still with better numbers than lmm posted.