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Originally Posted by pip08456

The railways is not a good example of anything. After WW2 the different companies were seriously struggling to keep going due to the continuous problems and damage to the system in the early 40's. In 1945 the railways were on their knees, it wasn't a case of being run into the ground but keep it running at any cost for the war effort and the companies more or less did that. They were owed millions and were on the brink of bankruptcy which made nationalisation a good solution.

After that lack of Government investment by all parties have left the railways in the state they are now.

That just about sums it up perfectly as before the war they were known as the Big Four and then after the war they all merged into British Railways in 1948.