SUOMEN LÄHIJUNAT on Thursday said it has taken ownership of 11 commuter trains previously owned and operated by the state-owned railway company, VR, making it the first private company to own and operate passenger rail services in Finland. The company was established last year in order to deliver regular rail services to two million Finns.
  • caesaravgvstvs@feddit.deEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I’m loving the deregulation of the train business in Europe, now we need to decouple the infrastructure from the train operators so we can have an even playing field.

    • Zpiritual@lemm.eeEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Fuck that shit. We have that in Sweden and it turned a fully functioning train system into a gurgutated mess.

      • caesaravgvstvs@feddit.deEnglish
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        9 months ago

        I mean, if the option is between a private Monopoly and a collection of private companies, I’ll take the second option.

        Here in Germany Deutsche bahn used to be good before it got mostly privatized and for profit. Plus because they control the infrastructure, they make it difficult for upstarts to use the network.