QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jul 24 2009, 10:41 AM)
Good. Branson, National Express & Stagecoach have all made way too much dosh out of the tax payer 'running' the rail service in this country.
Yes, and you may depend whatever government is in power, will continue to do so, given the mickey mouse way the Tories privatised the railways, compounded by Labour doing b*gger all about changing it once they came to power. Well, perhaps not NEX, they are poised to be stripped of the other two franchises they currently hold. Actually, the train services run by the three groups you mention are, in my experience, generally pretty good, especially Stagecoach with SWT who run a timetable that is boringly reliable, convenient and actually works. You don't mention the dreaded 'First' Group - are we to take it that you don't think they have yet made too much money out of the taxpayer? I do hope not