tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post1283644756100960256..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: In defence of British RailJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-8067779216442648222017-01-08T19:01:36.291+00:002017-01-08T19:01:36.291+00:00We really need the best of what BR was delivering ...We really need the best of what BR was delivering in 1990's with the access to finance,& new ideas that are grown in the commercial world. The concession model appears to deliver this, overlaid with the option for commercial risk takers to fill in with open acesss possibly with limited licences that offer the hand-over to the national system by agreed terms if the new service at an appropriate time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-9322845162993502262017-01-08T17:31:07.423+00:002017-01-08T17:31:07.423+00:00Cars were also pretty shabby back then. As were (h...Cars were also pretty shabby back then. As were (heaterless) buses.crewegwynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-45372443001846411282017-01-08T14:43:01.167+00:002017-01-08T14:43:01.167+00:00Some of us remember the 1950s, when BR certainly w...Some of us remember the 1950s, when BR certainly <b>was</b> shabby. It had a lot of steam locomotives, though.<br />Frank Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447989626809704972noreply@blogger.com