Unions hail UK’s rail renationalisation bills as a return to ‘public service’ | Rail industry | The Guardian
Unions hail UK’s rail renationalisation bills as a return to ‘public service’ | Rail industry | The Guardian
Separate measures in king’s speech will allow government to take operators into public ownership while Great British Railways is set up
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There is no competition in localized monopolies. The privatization of the UK rail system was a blatant cash grab by
the house of lords.(may not be accurate)The way that I heard it described, the UK divorced ownership of the rail and the companies on it in line with EU rules. Ownership of the rail wasn't sold off, but operations and maintenance contracts were. Given how tight the operations contracts were written, the only way to compete was cost. It went very poorly.
That Margaret Thatcher didn't want to privatize anything to do with rail is an indication on how bad an idea it was.
That said, allowing some private operators on public lines isn't a bad idea as long as the public service is maintained.
The privatization of the UK rail system was a blatant cash grab
Absolutely
by the house of lords.
Er, wat?
Members of the house of lords were the ones buying the rail up at dirt prices.
Source?
Hmm I read the article 5+ years ago and my searches haven't found it so you should probably take my words with a grain of salt.
Fair enough.