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Old 13-05-2015, 06:38 PM #20
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Originally Posted by joeysteele View Post
I personally cannot say for myself as to that as I wasn't born when they were privatised.

However my Father, a lifelong sceptic of nationalisation now says, it would be better for rail to be re-nationalised.
He said it has been a disaster since it was privatised and would welcome the change back any day of the week.
Joey, it was an awful service when it was nationalised, however, I still think it is an awful service now, the trains may just run to time a bit more often. Railtrack and the private train companies have taken advantage for years, there should have been much more regulation and scrutiny. There have been failures after failures, and I blame successive governments for it. Will re nationalising it help, I very much doubt it. It needs improved regulation and accountability.
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