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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.
810zssk
Aj na tom Komarne, ktore ma teda velmi daleko od toho ako by to malo vyzerat, malokto place za ZSSK. Mozno su tam niektore elementy tragicke, ale zdaleka nie tak ako boli za cias ZSSK. Mozno s vynimkou vytazenosti, ale ta je dana prave tym, ze tam dnes existuje lepsia ponuka ako za cias ZSSK.