They’re letting the franchises expire because buying the operators out would be very expensive. That said, if any go bust in the meantime they will be brought back earlier
In Ireland they’re watching the mess with the trains and water unfold for years, and their government are making moves to privatise their water and trains.
Great, now do the rest of them.
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They’re letting the franchises expire because buying the operators out would be very expensive. That said, if any go bust in the meantime they will be brought back earlier
And water while we’re at it.
It is beyond ludicrous that these things were ever privatised in the first place.
In Ireland they’re watching the mess with the trains and water unfold for years, and their government are making moves to privatise their water and trains.