Privatisation always feels like a solution to shitty government services till some ultra rich company comes in, provides good service while burning cash, capturing the entire market forming a monopoly or duopoly, then raising the prices while making service shittier, and the government will say they can’t do anything now because shutting them down would mean paralyzing the entire railway of the country.

If this feels oddly specific, it’s because I’ve seen this happen with my own eyes, just not in the railway.