How do IE deal with a broken train? Send another loco down the up line, if there's space for it, change over where they can, get it to come back to the train that's broken down. A plane can made an emergancy diversion, trains here cannot. Look at the chaos only last week in Heuston because one train broke down (there's a thread on it) what I'm saying is that the physical infrastructure is not favourable to having different companies running against each other on the same route.
Yes, the company is fundamentaly wasteful, that's true. Compitition wont solve that. What you'll have is the same lads still there (for life, remember) and we'll still be paying for them and we'll be paying for our tickets on the competitions trains. Sure tickets might be lower but the infrastructure will alwaqys be state owned (unless someone really wants to be bankrupt) and we'll pay for it, and the lads will always be there, and we'll pay for them as well.
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