Starmergeddon: They Came And Ate Us

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sockwithaticket
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Most importantly, the rolling stock is basically all foreign owned. Nationalising the operators won't do an awful lot for passengers while whoever runs the railways pays out the nose to rent the actual trains.
Biffer
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dpedin wrote: Sun Dec 01, 2024 5:19 pm
Biffer wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2024 12:27 pm
Hal Jordan wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2024 9:59 pm

Almost as if they were being run down to be flogged off cheap.
Exactly.
A good chunk of UK railways are owned by railway companies from overseas! Most European countries have state owned railways albeit supplemented by some private sector operators. They seem to do ok?
Yeah, I made that point further up the page?
And are there two g’s in Bugger Off?
dpedin
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Biffer wrote: Sun Dec 01, 2024 7:03 pm
dpedin wrote: Sun Dec 01, 2024 5:19 pm
Biffer wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2024 12:27 pm

Exactly.
A good chunk of UK railways are owned by railway companies from overseas! Most European countries have state owned railways albeit supplemented by some private sector operators. They seem to do ok?
Yeah, I made that point further up the page?
Ooooops! Sorry
Biffer
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dpedin wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2024 9:29 am
Biffer wrote: Sun Dec 01, 2024 7:03 pm
dpedin wrote: Sun Dec 01, 2024 5:19 pm

A good chunk of UK railways are owned by railway companies from overseas! Most European countries have state owned railways albeit supplemented by some private sector operators. They seem to do ok?
Yeah, I made that point further up the page?
Ooooops! Sorry
:thumbup:
And are there two g’s in Bugger Off?
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