Now do the same with water and rail companies
this post was submitted on 13 Apr 2025
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Isn't that what GBR is already set up for in regards to rail?
Uk has a weird system. The government owns the tracks and rails, but private companies own "the stock", aka the physical trains.
I think GBR is the parent company that owns the rail. I could be wrong, but this is what I remember from looking into it a few years back
Australia has an even more complex system. The state owns the land, and leases it to a company that installs tracks on it, they lease the tracks to a railroad operator who maintains and manages the track infra, and then operators own their own rolling stock that run on the track for a fee. One of those operators is the state, which operate some commuter trains (but the rolling stock are owned by another company)
The state govt pays like 4 different companies for the privelige of driving trains upon their own land.
Jesus
Its a shit system, really it just means the rails are privatly operated but they get to send a huge chunk of the maintenance bill to the taxpayer.
Privatising the profits, and getting the tax payer to fund the upkeep... name something more Thatcher-esq
Privatize the gains and socialize the losses.
I think you are thinking of network rail who owns the infrastructure. GBR came about in 2021 when none of the operating companies were getting any money and so the government basically ran it for them. Basically it is de-facto back in public hands and GBR will take over once each operating company's contract is up (I think SWR is first). At least that is my understanding of it.
Also the rolling stock wasnt typically owned by the operating companies, they would lease them from the ones who did like Angel trains and Porterbrook.
Thanks for clarifying
Good!
Government is supposed to protect us from stupidity, not BE the stupidity (American here).
This stupidity is because of their previous stupidity. They shut down coal powered furnaces before they had a not coal powered furnace up and running.
What was the not coal powered one supposed to be?
UK the overseas Europe is still your ally.
Meanwhile, Australia sells Port of Darwin to China for $1.