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Private railway companies or a TfL-style system?

Railway renewal produces disagreement over restoring private companies and adopting a suggested TfL-style organization.

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The railway proposals diverge over ownership and organization. One participant wants independent private companies, looking back to the Big Four or even their predecessors. Another tentatively describes the integrated-network proposal as a nationwide Transport for London-style system. The advocate of private ownership blames nationalisation for railway decline and strongly rejects that suggested model.