[blibble]

it is true

TPE is still under covid arrangements and Avanti West Coast is under a new style management contract as I described above

switching out top level boss doesn't suddenly improve underlying problems with the service

in the UK this is almost always the infrastructure, which has been nationalised since 2002

the government (DfT) had more control over the railways under the franchising system than they had when BR existed

almost all of what the hated "train companies" consists of is putting a driver in the cab, the rest is down to the DfT