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Yeah, I think you're right. The obsession with the 'internal market' and PFI just as in the Health Service seems to make the 'movers and shakers' continually best-guess themselves before they dare to spend money on anything. Where's the entrepreneurial spirit of the LMS, LNER nd GWR gone? These were 'venture capitalists' on a huge scale who thought nowt about racing to the North, swopping locos (Kings and Pacifics), risking ridicule by streamlining; if privatisation was such a good thing for the consumer why - when you look on National Rail Enquiries do you now need >1 ticket to do some journeys and why (on some journeys, e.g. Stoke on Trent to M/CR Piccadilly, are two single tickets, cheaper than a return? LMS/LNER and co had through-ticketing before WWII without computers or online booking! British Rail had its faults but the shambles we have now just defies belief!
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