Indeed. Railway nationalisation doesn't have to be like this: not every nationalised railway is 'Germany in 2025' or 'the United Kingdom in 1994', but it's wild seeing the government actively go 'British Rail in 1989, here we come baby!'
"You know how British Rail was starved of investment because governments kept prices artificially low? And how privatisation has seen ridership increase with increased ticket prices underpinning much needed investment?
Well, we've nationalised it again, so we can go back to freezing ticket prices!"
November 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Indeed. Railway nationalisation doesn't have to be like this: not every nationalised railway is 'Germany in 2025' or 'the United Kingdom in 1994', but it's wild seeing the government actively go 'British Rail in 1989, here we come baby!'
We’ll just get the managed decline that the government is forcing on TfL around the rest of the country and in 15 years have to re-privatise it all, if anyone’s left to buy it.
Thank god so much new rolling stock has been procured recently, we can probably weather it.
November 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We’ll just get the managed decline that the government is forcing on TfL around the rest of the country and in 15 years have to re-privatise it all, if anyone’s left to buy it.
Thank god so much new rolling stock has been procured recently, we can probably weather it.