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    1. John Bull‏ @garius Jan 2

      They can do this model BECAUSE they are confident in their in-house planning expertise and ability to police it. The DfT have also tried it a bit, but they're not as good (so far). Because they bled rail planning talent for years and still haven't recovered.

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    2. John Bull‏ @garius Jan 2

      The critical point being: if you nationalized the railways tomorrow, the TfL bits would still mostly be run well. Most of the DfT bits would still be shit. Because they BOTH franchise. TfL are just better at it right now.

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    3. John Bull‏ @garius Jan 2

      Basically, TfL are KFC - they treat every shop as part of the same brand, set universal rules and judge performance against conformity. DfT are the UK Association of Chicken Shops. Everyone is selling chicken and paying their fees, but has different ideas on how to do it.

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    4. John Bull‏ @garius Jan 2

      Oh - and just as importantly, long distance/express and local services have VERY different passenger needs.

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    5. John Bull‏ @garius Jan 2

      If you have franchises (or sub-units of a national service) that have to manage both at once, that's ALWAYS hard. Again here TfL have been a bit lucky/clever. They avoid trying to run the long distance bit - or at least don't put their operators in that position

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    6. John Bull‏ @garius Jan 2

      DfT have traditionally been happy to lump in long distance with metro services - because they (and the operators that attracts) see the long distance as the super sexy and profitable bit, whereas metro is the shit you just have to do. Which is part of their problem, culturally.

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    7. John Bull‏ @garius Jan 2

      Again, ALL THESE RULES AND PROBLEMS would still apply if you nationalized the railways tomorrow. Don't get me wrong - I fucking love the idea of getting it all back into public hands. But let's call a spade a fucking spade here:

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    8. John Bull‏ @garius Jan 2

      The railways work when: 1) People who understand railways run them 2) Their employers funnel investment back into the railways 3) The above has been happening, without interruption, for at least ten years. Meet those rules and we can have all the fucking BahnCards we want!

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    9. John Bull‏ @garius Jan 2

      Britain's railways have a strategic planning and management issue, not a political one. Unless Chris Grayling or Andy McDonald suddenly learn how to fart out spare passenger capacity, ideology won't fix them. WHATEVER way your politics fall. Better Knowledge and logistics will.

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    10. John Bull‏ @garius Jan 2

      Oh - and just to PLUG: If you like understanding rail things rather than do come read us over at https://www.londonreconnections.com/  or - if you're feeling generous - help us KEEP writing (and get our podcast going again!) by backing ourhttps://www.patreon.com/lonrec 

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      Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Jan 2
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      excellent thread--thanks for posting!

      7:15 AM - 2 Jan 2018
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