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I don't know of any other country, with a rail network as complex as the one in the U.K., that has opted for total privatisation of train operating companies. Privatisation can work for branch lines and specialised services but the major trunk routes and most of the connecting secondary lines need to be in the hands of a national operator.
There is no doubt that some passengers have seen an improvement since privatisation but with new rolling-stock and improved working methods that could easily have been the case had the railways remained nationalised.
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