The whole thing was set up by people who don't like public transport. They don't like public anything. They don't want the peasants to have nice things, because only extra-special wealthy people should have nice things.

The rail network was cut right back in the 60s by the then transport minister, who happened to have a large share in the corporation building out the motorway network.

And so on.

Completely dysfunctional politics. Utterly unsuited to the 21st century.