Private prosecutions are also common in the railways in England There are also some parallels with one of the Government's train companies, Northern, who use s

Private prosecutions are also common in the railways in England There are also some parallels with one of the Government's train companies, Northern, who use similar scare tactics as the Post Office with threats of court action and some rail enthusiasts/experts have called their tactics "extortion" [0] (Northern is directly owned and operated by the Government. So they may flap and act indignant about the Post Office, but that makes them hypocrites.) [0] A thread on railway private prosecutions in light of the Post Office Scandal: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/should-the-railways-powers-of-prosecution-be-limited.251904/ https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/should-the-railways-pow...