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Re: British railway industry (was Re: UK devolved government (was Harry Potter but who remembers that?)
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Mon, 10 Sep 2001 18:31:03 GMT
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"Mr L F Braun" <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message news:GJGLDJ.5nz@lugnet.com...


   I'd argue thus far that "Cable and electric, yes.  Railways, no."
   But that's only because I consider the kinks not to be worked out
   sufficiently for a system as important as the UK's rails to be
   tossed upon it.  Now, the control of actual *stock* would be another
   matter--isn't that analagous to the airlines being private
   while the airports (usually) aren't?  I'm on a limb on that last
   one, so let me know if I'm off base with thinking most large
   airports are publicly-owned.

You might have guessed that in the UK, airports are privatised too!

www.baa.co.uk owns 7 british airports including Heathrow
And also owns or manages under contract the following airports around the world.
Mauritius, Launceston, Naples, Indianapolis, Melbourne, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Boston Logan

The UK government is somewhere along the track of privatising air traffic control.

regards
lawrence



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  Re: British railway industry (was Re: UK devolved government (was Harry Potter but who remembers that?)
 
(...) I agree, inasmuch as we're talking about privatization in practice, not theoretical Libertarian privatization, which I would agree would function more effectively than the half-assed privatization Railtrack represents (but, I would also argue, (...) (23 years ago, 10-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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