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> The privatization of public infrastructure (ex: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privatisation_of_British_Rail) was a crime

From that same Wikipedia article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GBR_rail_passengers_by_ye...

So, during the 1948-1995 nationalized period, train ridership was in almost constant decline, and from the 1995 privatization, train ridership started a steady and steep increase.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_of_the_privatisation_of...