• fne8w2ah@lemmy.worldOP
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    10 days ago

    the rails and infrastructure used to be privately owned. But it turned out a private company couldn’t be trusted with that level of safety within their remit

    Google Ladbroke Grove and Hatfield rail crashes if you wanna know more.

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      10 days ago

      Oh I remember why. I was considering including links to some of the causes of the end of railtrack. But I thought it shouldn’t really come as a surprise to those already here that private companies and safety are seldom bedfellows.