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Arthur Gilbert   26/05/2015 at 14:52

The Government has no plans .................. On par with the Chairman of whatever FC has every confidence in the manager. i am no fan of nationalisation but we have all seen what outsourcing too much can do and are still recovering.

Mikeb   26/05/2015 at 17:09

The Department of Transport has denied reports that it plans to break up Network Rail......This probably means that the idea has been put forward by some Think Tank and is now under consideration. However, since privatisation, Britain's railways have surely been fragmented enough without the infrastructure owner being carved up as well.

Graham   27/05/2015 at 11:31

Not been here before! The last time this happened the cost of everything went up, the quality of the service went down and we eventually had it taken back in house. These are safety systems with use made of the excess capacity, don't play around with them.

Nonsuchmike   27/05/2015 at 11:52

I think "Watch this space" is order of the day, n'est-ce pas? Might be OK in the long run provided that Boris doesn't get his grubby paws on bits of it.

Mr Richard Pill   18/06/2015 at 11:53

The railways need stability, not another round of readjustments. Moreover the security issues of outsiders having interjection to wifi or any other air-bourne electronic apparatus infusing our railways and the tripping of circuitry with cross signal potential conflict of overload and circuit transmissions as systems become more air-bourne than hands-on switches and wired; leaves much to be desired and opens a can of worms the nation may rue. Our railways need to be as one for the good of the nation in operational joined upness and coherence terms. Where outside input may be required is if rail network freight and parcels wants to extend from station hubs to door-to-door and a partner like UPS may be needed to collect and deliver home/business to hub for the long haul?