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The government funding is interesting. It excludes HS2 for one thing. The funding for oeprating companies varies a lot, according to the chart on page 6, 3p pe
by graemep 1y ago
The government funding is interesting. It excludes HS2 for one thing.
The funding for oeprating companies varies a lot, according to the chart on page 6, 3p per passenger kilometer for Thames link, 30p for Scotrail, -1.1p for west coast.
- pm215 1y agoMmm, presumably big infrastructure projects like HS2 don't count as "operational" expenses. (Personally I put the huge costs of HS2 down to our complete inability to build anything in a reasonable timeframe and budget, rather than to privatisation in particular. The usual ludicrously long and extended consultation/legal objection/appeal process plus political meddling in the specification plus other stuff all factor in here.)
- graemep 1y agoYes, and a lot of money has been going into infrastructure, but its dominated by HS2. Yes, its not anything like a uniquely British problem, its widespread. Bigger projects are a lot more difficult to run, and governments are drawn to big projects.