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Re:How trains could replace planes in Europe by ClumsyPilot on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:27PM (#29193414)
In UK we privatised rail to get free market to run it more efficiently. Now the rail is back to being government run and it's some of the worst it's ever been.

Except it is now foreign governments that bought our rail on the market and are now creaming it.

https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/70-of-uk-rail-routes-now-owned-b....

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Re:How trains could replace planes in Europe by tonyedgecombe on Friday November 12, 2021 @06:02AM (#29198078)
>and it's some of the worst it's ever been.

I'm not so sure about that. British Rail was dire before it was all privatised.

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Re:How trains could replace planes in Europe by freeflight on Thursday November 11, 2021 @04:43PM (#29193578)
Afaik that went both ways, some private UK companies now run rails in Germany.
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