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Určite máš viacej skúseností aj vedomostí na túto tému. Ja som v Británii nikdy nebol, takže mám len sprostredkované informácie, ktoré navyše môžu byť zasiahnuté železničiarskym kastizmom v okolí (ja sám nie som železničiar). Ale drvivá väčšina ľudí, ktorá bola v Británii a viezla sa vlakom, mi vravela, že z hľadiska kvality sú britské železnice protipólom tých v germanofónnych krajinách. Dokonca boli aj takí, ktorí spomínali slovenské železnice v pozitívnejšom zmysle.Každopádne na internete je niekoľko populárnych aj vedeckých článkov na túto tému a dovolím si tvrdiť, že tieto sprostredkované informácie skôr potvrdzujú.
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Napr. tento:
The Guardian view on rail privatisation: going off the tracks
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/05/the-guardian-view-on-rail-privatisation-going-off-the-tracks
cit.
"Twenty years after rail privatisation was completed, passengers put up with late, expensive and frequently overcrowded services. The state should run a few train firms so private companies would be forced to up their game. (...) commuters saw ticket prices rise at twice the rate of their wages between 2010 and 2016"
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vedecký článok so samovysvetľujúcim názvom:
An illusion of success: The consequences of British rail privatisation
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0155998214000416
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niečo jednoduchšie:
The Four Big Myths of UK Rail Privatisation
http://actionforrail.org/the-four-big-myths-of-uk-rail-privatisation/
cit:
"Growth in rail passenger journeys is driven by three key factors that have nothing to do with train operating companies: longterm growth in GDP, changing commuting patterns as employment has concentrated in major urban areas, particularly in London and the South East, and increase in motoring costs"
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ok, toto je novočasoidné
Britain's railways doing well despite privatisation
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britains-railways-doing-well-despite-privatisation-a6843966.html
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Why Britain's Trains Don't Run on Time: Capitalism
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/opinion/why-britains-trains-dont-run-on-time-capitalism.html
cit:
"On the eve of the great sell-off of the 1990s, Mr. Major pledged that rail privatization would bring a “better, cheaper and more effective service for the commuter.” To repeat that promise to Govia’s beleaguered passengers today would at best provoke mirthless laughter."
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a ďalšie články s titulkami:
- Why the system of rail privatisation in the UK has been a disaster
- Why Britain's Railway Privatization Failed
- British rail privatisation - competition destroyed by politics
- Privatisation ‘has added £50 billion to the cost of running Britain’s railways’
Ale našiel som aj jeden článok s pozitívnou odozvou, aj keď názov neznie presvedčivo:
- Privatising rail worked, we just failed to notice
https://www.ft.com/content/d192b1b4-458b-11e5-af2f-4d6e0e5eda22
Al vravím, nebol som tam. Kto bol, nech prípadne napíše.

Sorry za dlhý post.