September 21st - A Twitter storm shows the complex reality of British trains and politics
Zarah Sultana's tweet about nationalising the rail industry highlights just how complex the picture is.
Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast · The Independent
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Show Notes
When rail services between London and Yorkshire were disrupted due to overhead wire problems, a Labour MP took to Twitter to say: "Just another reminder that we need to bring rail into public ownership and make it fit for the future." But she was aboard a state-run LNER train, on tracks owned and operated by Network Rail. Both organisations are offshoots of the Department for Transport (DfT), which means they are ultimately owned by us. Fixing the railways takes more than slogans.
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