Panorama

Off the Rails? (1996x23)

: 01, 1996

In the brave new world of privatised railways, it's cheaper to send trains by road than by rail. When trains need to be serviced, the new owners of the track charge operators so much that many prefer to load them onto trailers to be sent down the motorway. So trains can now cause traffic jams.John Ware asks, has privatisation of the railways gone off the rails?