Impact of the privatisation of British Rail | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-02

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00:00:11 1 Development of British rail since privatisation
00:00:23 1.1 Customer service
00:01:20 1.2 Level of traffic
00:02:32 1.3 Fares and timetable
00:04:27 1.4 New trains
00:05:59 1.5 Rolling stock manufacture
00:07:02 1.6 Punctuality and reliability
00:07:50 1.7 Safety
00:08:54 1.8 Investment
00:10:12 1.9 Subsidies
00:11:36 1.10 Efficiency
00:12:49 1.11 Profitability
00:13:33 1.12 Political control
00:14:27 1.13 Ownership
00:16:42 1.14 Disputes
00:18:02 2 Media coverage
00:18:11 2.1 Positive
00:23:57 2.2 Negative
00:28:33 3 Public opinion and campaigns
00:29:21 4 Political positions post-privatisation
00:29:53 4.1 Previous government policy
00:30:56 4.1.1 McNulty report
00:31:53 4.2 Current government view
00:32:52 4.3 Official opposition
00:35:52 4.4 Other
00:37:11 5 See also



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The impact of the privatisation of British Rail in the 1990s has been the subject of much debate, which has continued to the present day.