West Coast Main Line row: Should railways be renationalised? [BBC News]
Date: 05/10/2012
The collapse of the West Coast Main Line bidding process, after the government found significant flaws, has once again sparked calls in some quarters to renationalise Britain's railways - 17 years after they were privatised.
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BBC News
The collapse of the West Coast Main Line bidding process has once again sparked calls in some quarters to renationalise Britain's railways - 17 years after they were privatised. Two experts argue for and against.
Guardian
Neil Clark: Politicians in thrall to neoliberal dogma should be listening to voters, not a self-serving elite
Scotsman
CIVIL servants were not the sole cause of the West Coast Main Line franchise fiasco, Scotland transport minister Keith Brown told MSPs yesterday, as he claimed that the impending ScotRail re-franchising process would be more robust.
