>>2052289>/n/ humour thread“Privatised” rail transport in which 95% of the rail infrastructure is state owned, most of the rolling stock, and tickets are collected by the govt to be doled out to train operators.
UK’s trains haven't been privatised since WW1. Too many regulations. The used to require (before nationalisation) the trains to carry any cargo, even at a loss; price controls etc.
Simultaneously post WW2, loads of trained military logistics truck drivers were in surplus, easily undercutting cargo transport by road.
Government meddling has been a disaster for UK trains (and most of the rest of the UK).
