RE: Train Companies on Strike23 Jun 2022 09:52
Your little “economics lesson” …
The Government insisted Train Operating Companies kept running trains during the pandemic. At the same time the Government imposed draconian lockdowns and advised everyone other than key workers to WFH. Running costs for staff, maintenance, diesel etc are the same with no passengers so that “big hole” you say the government got the railway out of? It was Government that did the digging. The railway is now back in the Governments hands where it pays a fixed fee to FGP but creams the profits. Almost like it was planned from the start ….