Worth flagging this @CPSThinkTank research showing that rail privatisation has been a noted success story - customer satisfaction with our trains is consistently among the highest in Europe, and we have more and more reliable trains spectator.co.uk/article/nation…
Prices are high, but that's because we actually make people pay for the cost of their tickets, rather than disguising it with subsidy. And many of the problems, esp punctuality, are a symptom of using our track more efficiently than others, meaning less slack in the system
Obviously there are things to fix, many of which the Williams Review addresses. And obviously the pandemic has been shattering for the business model. But the narrative that this is a failed system in need of rescue just doesn't stand up to the facts.
Full thing here cps.org.uk/research/the-t…
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