I forgot to mention all the companies which pay to use the rolling-stock on the
railway lines. They pay the RSCs (3 of them, I understand) and they pay the
railway line company (called Network Rail, nationalised again because the
private company failed). Oh, and the cleverest part of it is that a Government
department decides when (and if) the RSCs may buy more rolling-stock, not the
train companies or the RSCs (or, indeed, the passengers who pay through the
nose for this public service).
Sorry, I called "rant over" some time ago; but I just went on and on :-).
Chris
On 9 Jul 2013, at 20:44, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> You see, the blimmin' Conservative Government of the 1990s sold the railways
>> to a very small number of companies, some to run the rolling-stock, one to
>> run the rail.
>
> Oh, now THAT is idiotic.
>
> Reminds me of the stupid things we do in my industry. Somebody gets
> the brilliant idea to separate long-haul from local.
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