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Originally Posted by RF News
As UK train ticket prices rise again, why are our railways so costly?
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Because we have a government which wants to control everything (via the ORR) but unfortunately it couldn't organise a p*ss up in a brewery, eg:
1) Dft wants to encourage people to leave their cars behind and use public transport, whilst at the same time.....
2) The Treasury says that there are far more car drivers than rail passengers so it's not fair to burdon the tax payer and they will reduce the amount of money paid to the railways.
3) The choice of which company wins a franchise is based purely on which of them is prepared to pay the largest amount to the treasury, not on how it will develop the railway.
4) Network Rail, a 'not for profit company' - keeps announcing record profits
5) There is no 30 year plan for the railway, in fact there doesn't seem to be
any sense of coherent direction.
Really a bunch of 5 year olds could do a better job !!