Oops.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27497727

last sentence is exactly the problem with UK system too…

last sentence is exactly the problem with UK system too…

“When you separate the rail operator from the train company,” he said, “this is what happens.”

Quite – who’d have thought!

2000 trains? There are only 450 trains at the moment – I presume they mean carriages…

As someone who has worked on large engineering projects I can safely say that having a single company is no guarantee that cock ups like this can’t happen!

having a single company is no guarantee that cock ups like this can’t happen!

Couldn’t agree more. I’d go as far to say cock-ups are more likely as there tends to be less interdisciplinary checking.

I thought someone else had messed up the fork on their new tripster ATR…

You’d think that the buck would stop with the Transport Minister, when there’s a **** up between the state owned rail infrastructure and the state owned railway company.

They need to mount a load of these

On a load of these

And get a load of these

Riding up and down the entire rail network.

Sounds more like “measure not even once to me”……. 😉

Makes “Mind the gap” redundant.

I thought someone else had messed up the fork on their new tripster ATR..

What kind of idiot would manage that?

I blame all the fat people.