SUOMEN LÄHIJUNAT on Thursday said it has taken ownership of 11 commuter trains previously owned and operated by the state-owned railway company, VR, making it the first private company to own and operate passenger rail services in Finland. The company was established last year in order to deliver regular rail services to two million Finns.
  • @[email protected]English
    22•1 year ago

    Fuck that shit. We have that in Sweden and it turned a fully functioning train system into a gurgutated mess.

    • @[email protected]English
      -5•1 year ago

      I mean, if the option is between a private Monopoly and a collection of private companies, I’ll take the second option.

      Here in Germany Deutsche bahn used to be good before it got mostly privatized and for profit. Plus because they control the infrastructure, they make it difficult for upstarts to use the network.

        • @[email protected]English
          -1•1 year ago

          Oop! Look at me making fake information on the internet. I guess I assumed it was mostly private because it’s an aktiengessellschaft.

          I have seen anecdotal information about how information about platforms and such is sent at the last minute to competitors, but that might be just regular Deutsche bahn operations