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23rd July 2008, 04:59 PM

>
> rail subsidy under BR - circa £1bn
> rail subsidy now - somewhere north of £4bn
>
> as a taxpayer, I'm not entirely sure the railway is 4x better than in
> 1992..

.. but first you must ask the question how much of that is WCML
upgrade and second how much of that is down to British Rail
bequeathing a turkey.

Take out WCML upgrade and things don't look half as bad and then there
was the HSE debacle that had nothing to do with privatisation surely.

23rd July 2008, 04:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
allan tracy Guest Posts: n/a Classified Rating: % ()	Top Ten Railway Books > > rail subsidy under BR - circa £1bn > rail subsidy now - somewhere north of £4bn > > as a taxpayer, I'm not entirely sure the railway is 4x better than in > 1992.. .. but first you must ask the question how much of that is WCML upgrade and second how much of that is down to British Rail bequeathing a turkey. Take out WCML upgrade and things don't look half as bad and then there was the HSE debacle that had nothing to do with privatisation surely.