The bill to privatise the railways in Britain was put on the statute book in Parliament 30 years ago, leading to decades of untold misery and despair for the travelling public. Privatisation did not bring about the promised improvements, but instead resulted in strikes, delays, rising fares, and outdated infrastructure.
THE bill to privatise the railways in Britain was put on the statute book in Parliament 30 years ago come November 5. For the travelling public , it was definitely a case of “remember, remember the fifth of November” because it has led to decades of untold misery and despair.
The one we had under British Rail was that of civil servant mandarins and government-appointed chairs from well-heeled backgrounds running the rail network, supposedly on our behalf. What would be evidence of industrial democracy would be at least one representative of the unions representing the workforce on the ScotRail board.
If we had this participative and democratic form of public ownership, we could begin to envisage another kind of railway. This would be one of increased investment in infrastructure and rolling stock, making the quality and quantity of rail travel so much more inviting and pleasurable, while at the same time taking cars and lorries off the roads in the achievable pursuit of net-zero targets.
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