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It's actually a different system - Japan's network was privatised and split into competing companies with all shares publicly traded (bar some exceptions), the
by a_bonobo 2y ago
It's actually a different system - Japan's network was privatised and split into competing companies with all shares publicly traded (bar some exceptions), the Deutsche Bahn was privatised into a single, state-owned company. As such it is beholden to slow, non-deciding German governments, including investments into the network.
- kaashif 2y agoBut if it's state owned, surely it's not privatised? In what what is the ownership private if it's 100% public?
- senorrib 2y agoHow is that privatized, then? If it’s state-owned, the only thing that changed was the legal framework that applies to the entity, none of the incentives of privatization actually applying to it.