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Originally Posted by Scooby
it depends if you are talking only about the Network or the actaully train franchises. The Netowrk should be run by the Government and the train franchises how they are is fine by me as long as they are hit with BIGGER penalties for late running services
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I read an article recently that said the performance had increased since they took track maintainance back 'in house', so the Network run by the Govt. would seem to be a good idea.
I'm not sure about the franchises - the problems with running a public service using private companies is, imo, that the shareholders may get 'priority' over the customers & employees can get the worst deal of all? Having said that, the concept of competion improving efficiency can't be ignored.
Perhaps we could also think less about innovation - like higher speeds & tilting - and concentrate more on getting what we have now, working properly?
