I also am
old enough to remember commuting under BR before privatisation. It was generally terrible - I could have been filmed travelling in the guards van due to the unavailability of seats more times than I can count. In rolling stock that had starred in various Ealing comedies. Some things were better - trains generally had more carriages, for example, but a lot were worse. Reliability, for one.
Privatisation will solve nothing in itself, as any government will under invest in the railway to save money.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
