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UK train operator nationalised by government after 30 years of privatisation (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 1 month ago by Armand1@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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Chiltern Railways’ services became the latest to transition into public ownership on Sunday, marking the sixth train operator to be nationalised by the Government.

The UK’s largest train operator, Govia Thameslink Railway, alongside c2c, Greater Anglia, South Western Railway, and West Midlands Trains, have already been brought into public ownership by the Government.

From December, the Department for Transport (DfT) confirmed that 25 additional daily Chiltern Railways services will be introduced to help tackle "overcrowding", delivering 10,000 extra seats during each weekday. This plan incorporates half-hourly weekday trains running along the Chiltern main line between London and Birmingham, as well as an increase in weekend journeys.

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[–] mjr@infosec.pub 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Most of it was. BT was Thatcher and she did most buses too. Water was started by her, after chickening out at least once, but finished under Major.

Major has a surprisingly popular "underdog" reputation because he was uncharismatic, won against poll predictions in 1992 and he had lots of infighting in his own party, but he was a pretty zealous capitalist in practice.

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