Well. In the UK the rails and infrastructure used to be privately owned. But it turned out a private company couldn’t be trusted with that level of safety within their remit. So it returned to government control quite some tine ago.
The train companies are private though. Well except for a handful that failed to meet requirements.
the rails and infrastructure used to be privately owned. But it turned out a private company couldn’t be trusted with that level of safety within their remit
Google Ladbroke Grove and Hatfield rail crashes if you wanna know more.
Oh I remember why. I was considering including links to some of the causes of the end of railtrack. But I thought it shouldn’t really come as a surprise to those already here that private companies and safety are seldom bedfellows.
Privatised railroads
Well. In the UK the rails and infrastructure used to be privately owned. But it turned out a private company couldn’t be trusted with that level of safety within their remit. So it returned to government control quite some tine ago.
The train companies are private though. Well except for a handful that failed to meet requirements.
Google Ladbroke Grove and Hatfield rail crashes if you wanna know more.
Oh I remember why. I was considering including links to some of the causes of the end of railtrack. But I thought it shouldn’t really come as a surprise to those already here that private companies and safety are seldom bedfellows.