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Christian Wolmar’s examination of nationalisation reveals that in the 1980s and 1990s the system was making progress
Since the privatisation and break-up of British Rail, train transport has proved itself ill-suited to conventional capitalism
Troubles with new timetables result from chronic leadership failures
The UK’s failure to prepare for snow is an expression of dogged British practicality
Private provision of public services cannot survive on dogma alone
Privatisation was meant to deliver competition, innovation and improved service, but has it delivered?
Once a leader in selling off utilities, many in UK now think investors have run rings around regulators
Spending cuts left Tories exposed after crashes and health service crises
After Brexit vote, some industry insiders say groups risk seeing growth fall short of forecasts
More competition is great — in theory
The Overground has transformed travel. But it deprives us of a chance to moan, says Matthew Engel
Corbyn’s concept branded as backward, difficult to introduce and a magnet for sex pests
Old British Rail diesel locos and ‘slam door’ carriages draw trainspotters to Cumbrian Coast line
Retailer has chance of shrinking to fit narrower market position
The current system serves taxpayers and passengers poorly
The West Coast affair takes the sector’s tortuous history into a new phase
Britain has to find a sustainable model for its railways
Privatising the postal operator is no easy prospect
‘I started a mini cinema in a Tube station’
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