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Old July 9th 12, 09:34 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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Default Labour backs plans to return railway network to public control - Guardian/Observer

On Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:02:49 +0100, ŽiŠardo wrote:

On 09/07/2012 16:07, The Real Doctor wrote:
On 01/07/12 00:05, Bruce wrote:
Labour backs plans to return railway network to public control


If only they'd thought of that in 1997. What cretin wrote their
manifesto, eh?

Ian


Well, they succeeded with the groundwork by shafting Railtrack by
refusing it funds and then setting up Network Rail by giving 20 times as
much.

They didn't "set it up", they renamed it (Network Rail Infrastructure
Ltd. previously known as Railtrack plc) on 3 Feb 2003.