Publicly owned rail is popular but does it make the trains run on time?

Publicly owned rail is popular but does it make the trains run on time?

Re: Publicly owned rail is popular but does it make the trains run on time?

Posted by Red Squirrel at 07:33, 13th October 2026

This quote, from the article, sums it up quite well doesn’t it?

"I think it's completely hopeless to try and do that assessment over such a short period," Stephen Glaister, a former chair of regulator the Office of Rail and Road who is now emeritus professor of transport and infrastructure at Imperial College London. He thinks a decade is needed to assess the impact of nationalisation.

Publicly owned rail is popular but does it make the trains run on time?

Posted by TaplowGreen at 06:56, 13th October 2026

Interesting article

BBC News - Publicly owned rail is popular. But is it making the trains run on time? - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck5yn0n14r8do

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