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this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2023
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That's why railways should be privatised.
Typical conservative strategy:
Are we winning yet?
Absolutely fucking not. Privatisation is literally the worst thing you could do. Do we really want some random assholes to own something we rely on and try to squeeze it for as much profit as possible? I don't, fuck capitalism
Privatized public transportation rarely works. At most you'll find some success stories of companies that partnered with a government to jointly service a transportation line.
No, it always works. Nationalised transport doesn't work though.
Thanks for providing these examples. They completely changed my mind about public transportation privatization
The example is across the channel - the whole of EU. And Japan as well. One must blind to think that nationalised transport can work.
In France, nationalized transport worked for decades before rail was opened to private compagnies circa 2014 (would have to check exactly). Since then, no one has been able to afford a train ticket. You have no idea what you're talking about
Japan literally has privatized roads and it's kind of a nightmare. You have to pay tolls for nearly all highway transportation because it's owned by 3 companies.
Yeah, privatization is great...
Didn't England already go through that, and wasn't it a complete failure ? someone knowledgeable quick please
Relevant video: https://youtu.be/DlTq8DbRs4k?si=y-muiI81MKk3gin0
Privatized railways are mostly failures most of the time. Besides Brightline, and I think a bunch of the Japanese railway companies, no nation really has privatized passenger rail. But I think the Japanese system has a weird setup.
Actually, I think Italy and Germany have started allowing private companies to operate on their railways, but I think they need to fit it between the nationalized services. I could be wrong about that tho.
I disagree. Aside from privately owned Brightline who already owns the land around their stations, owns their tracks, and has a lot of incentive to expand their coverage, I have not heard of a single other piece of privatized infrastructure that actually benefits the users or actively engages in expansion