 Cityrail guards are history - it's only a matter of time now...
Matthew Geier wrote:
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> However I think the Government won't have the guts to take on the rail
> unions directly - they will sell off Cityrail and leave it's new owners
> to the dirty work.
>
Exactly the opposite occurred in Victoria where the guards were got rid
of in 1995, then it was privatised, thus letting the private operators
gain one supposed benefit that a government owned system never really got.
Similar things occurred with the privatisation of the gas, electricity &
water distribution, where large amounts of tax payer funds were spent
improving infrastructure, than sold off to private ventures for their gain.
Look up the history of Hillside Trains & Bayside Trains, also Yarra
Trams & Swanston Trams. All a short lived step to a privatised system,
based on Thatcher's/Major's failed model in Britain.
Kevin Martin
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