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i.e. competition changes markets.

• skrebbel 13y ago
  Very little railroading in Europe have anything to do with markets and competition. Most rail companies are either state monopolies, or state-endorsed almost-monopolies. Replacing a cheap option by an expensive and just slightly better option is very typical monopolist behaviour, and that's what this article is about.
  • d4rti 13y ago
    Or the UK's disastrous worst of all worlds system, of which the best run piece is run by the State! [1] Unless you're willing to build redundant train routes between cities it's not really possible to have competition for train journeys. [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22700805 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22700805
• stuaxo 13y ago
  Although, often in perverse ways; if you are running the premium (high speed) service and the slower one, why not push everyone onto the premium service. Well, it might be really expensive for most consumers, perhaps they should be protected from this sort of thing - since the market inherently has no idea of morals or what is best for people, maybe we should decide ourselves.