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I think very few Brits would agree that rail privatisation has "worked". Poor and old carriages, overcrowded, slow, late trains, and generally a lack of investm
by GordonS 2y ago
I think very few Brits would agree that rail privatisation has "worked". Poor and old carriages, overcrowded, slow, late trains, and generally a lack of investment. Oh, and ridiculously high fares (often well over air fares!), which seem to increase above inflation every.single.year.
- dash2 2y agoSome of us remember pre-privatisation as being a lot worse: carriages were older, trains were slower and there were less of them, staff were ruder and didn't care about their customers, announcements were inaudible. Fares were probably lower though.
- GordonS 2y agoUnfortunately I'm old enough too :) Yes, it's true that things were pretty grim. I remember being embarrassed when a colleague from Norway travelled with me in a filthy, worn train carriage stinking of piss :( But IMO that doesn't excuse the lack of poor management since then. Things could be much, much better.
- dash2 2y agoI think the question is, will nationalization make things better? Historically, the UK has not done very well with nationalized industries. Maybe this time will be different.