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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...
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> 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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