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george matthews wrote:I think the event was caused by the splitting of responsibility for the track and trains when British Rail was foolishly broken up from a daft ideological notion."Privatzation:" pseudo free enterprise.
ExCon90 wrote:Apparently the entire EU has been seized by a similar mania for separating infrastructure from operations.Indeed. There is some kind of Directive requiring the splitting of railway companies into the two entities.
ExCon90 wrote:Does anyone know the origin of this Received Wisdom in the EU that separation is the way to go?I think the purpose of the policy is to allow the operating companies - the wheel users - to compete with each other. I think this is a notion thought up by theoreticians without much or any practical experience.