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[โ€“] OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Except that all the UK trainlines are being nationalized.

[โ€“] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yeh.... but its still run for profit by corrupt government officials. The current budget for hs2 (which iirc has still laid less than 30 miles of track) is more than the projected cost of the entire combined EU rail connection an revitalization scheme. (60 billion vs 40 billion last I checked)