All of this plus...
..if an operator was stripped of a franchise (as you point out highly unlikely) the operator that moves in would likely buy the same rolling stock and employ the same people on the same lines, little would change. At least if it was public we would get a glimmer of joy every once in a while when the Minister for Transport was flogged for wasting our money.
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transparenttown Dead to worse..., Thu 24 Sep 2015, 15:59,
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