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?

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

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.

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