Rebuilding rail
Subtitle: final report June 2012
By: written and researched by Dr. Ian Taylor, Dr. Lynn Sloman
Contributors: Sloman, Lynn
Publisher: Transport for Quality of Life Ltd.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London?]
Language: eng
Subjects: Railroads; Railroads and state
Description: The UK's privatised railway is failing society, the economy and the environment, whilst draining taxpayers' money into the pockets of private shareholders. Common sense and expert railway knowledge have ceded to a misguided private-must-bebest ethos, leaving Britain with a fragmented dysfunctional railway system that other countries view with disbelief. This paper outlines a different recipe for reform. It shows that over one billion pounds of taxpayers' money could be saved every year by reuniting the railways under public ownership. All the public money invested in the railway could then be put to good use, delivering a better service for passengers while also achieving wider environmental and social goals.