It's a well worn topic. Had they not achieved the weird corporate separation, such that track, train, station building and ticket can all be separate companies putting on a new service, or adjusting timetabling and even putting up new posters could have been achievable things. As is they spend months, and millions going nowhere. [Edit: Not forgetting that station hotels, ferries and hospitality were separated out to yet more companies. Just because.]
Had they just gone back to the big 4 of 1921-1947, or created a "medium 8" with extra rights to run charters on the tracks we might have rail that works by now.
Then there's the 50+ year story of line and infrastructure upgrades... Each time we update, we seem to update to the previous generation's capability.
Had they just gone back to the big 4 of 1921-1947, or created a "medium 8" with extra rights to run charters on the tracks we might have rail that works by now.
Then there's the 50+ year story of line and infrastructure upgrades... Each time we update, we seem to update to the previous generation's capability.