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Originally Posted by Mr Banana
Wonder if he has thought how much it will cost to do that. I assume the likes of Virgin trains won't simply write off the 1.5 billion investment they have made in 70 new trains for the west coast line, over the last few years?
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You did read this part of the post you quoted, right?
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Mr Corbyn will announce that each route would be renationalised when its franchise expired.
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I imagine the current operating companies would be entitled to no compensation at all.
Renationalising the railways is a policy that carries support across the political spectrum. It's not a controversial policy in any way. A pretty safe one for Corbyn to advertise, actually.