Re:UK Rail services to come under unified state control
by eertami on Thursday May 20, 2021 @06:52AM
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>does not create incentives to improve efficiency and service.
I'm going to go out on a limb here, and guess you've never used the for-profit rail services of the UK then.
(I know this is quite snarky, but to elaborate, there is no incentive for the TOCs, because a operating a stretch of railway line doesn't have any competition. You don't need to be efficient or give good service because customers do not have an alternative choice of train they can use.)
I'm going to go out on a limb here, and guess you've never used the for-profit rail services of the UK then.
(I know this is quite snarky, but to elaborate, there is no incentive for the TOCs, because a operating a stretch of railway line doesn't have any competition. You don't need to be efficient or give good service because customers do not have an alternative choice of train they can use.)