The problem is that there have been decades of underinvestment in this country's strategic transport infrastructure, which has cost us dear in the long run. Having spent the last few years playing catch up we are now starting to see benefits - Network Rail are spending huge amounts of cash increasing the capacity of railways (something that should have been done in the '80's imho). We are on the right track now (no pun intended) although granted there have been a few blips - mainly ill thought out privatizations based on the complete myth that private companies are better at providing services.
Prices gone mad
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The problem is that there have been decades of underinvestment in this country's strategic transport infrastructure, which has cost us dear in the long run. Having spent the last few years playing catch up we are now starting to see benefits - Network Rail are spending huge amounts of cash increasing the capacity of railways (something that should have been done in the '80's imho). We are on the right track now (no pun intended) although granted there have been a few blips - mainly ill thought out privatizations based on the complete myth that private companies are better at providing services.
Indeed. For a country which spawned the first major rail networks in Europe, I find it kind of saddening that we have let such a valuable resource fall into a poor state.
