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Posted by davesgcr on Fri Jun 21 15:10:13 2013, in response to Re: (UK) Train operators cause more than a third of rail delays, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Jun 20 17:09:53 2013. Railtrack was anything but British Rail - it was set up for no growth and neglected the assets (few renewals to maximise share yield) - a very long story which ended up with administration and some severe accidents. It basically lost control through getting rid of old school BR engineers and a command and control structure , relying on a myriad of contractors and bureaucracy. Critically it lost sight of asset condition.Much like the failed PPP on the London Underground. Network Rail does a very much better job - most of the workforce is now directly employed , - but the costs of the UK railway are about 30% more than Europe. However, the condition of the network is such now that one need not lose sleep over it. NR has done many / much good work. |
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