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Hi Joe, <br />British railways policy? make lots of promises, don't deliver on them and put the prices up. Unlike American RR's the network in the UK is historically passenger driven with freight giving way to passenger trains and when the network was under the control of the GWR(Great Western Railway), LMS(London, Midland Scottish), LNER(London North Eastern Railway) & SR(Southern Railway) each company had its own routes, which they owned and maintained. This was the golden era really when the majority of the population travelled by rail. When British Rail was formed a lot of these duplicate routes became redundant and under the (in)famous Dr Beeching thousands of miles of routes were torn up as it was forseen that everyone would travel by road. This started a long decline in investment which culminated in the re-privateisation of the system to Virgin Trains etc. Due to the under investment the track was in a horrendous state and the companies contracted to maintain the system would sub out to other contractors who weren't up to the job. Profit driven! To be fair to the train operators they have spent millions on new stock which is now filtering through and the government are taking steps to re-nationalise the track network because of the poor safety record over the last few years. The loss of all the track in the 60's is now being regretted as the country's road system grid locks. Not a full policy picture, as I'm sure you will understand, but one as I see it. <br />Cheers, <br />Kim <br />[tup]
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