>>1426973At least it's not Railtrack. I can't think of a bigger fuck up in modern transportation infrastructure history than the experience of Railtrack.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/apr/01/transport.politicshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/apr/01/transport.politics1It's a long read and
>The GuardianBut it's an excellent story. Quote of choice:
>Railtrack's only ally, Virgin Trains, was full of doubt. In the summer, after Railtrack confessed that the £600m worth of Italian tilting trains he had ordered would not, as promised, be able to reach 140mph on the new WCML, Richard Branson cheerily told an interviewer: "Do you know why we're changing the name of Virgin Trains? Cos they're fucked." 