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Originally Posted by Redlambs
You could say that about anything, but it's not going to happen.
Throwing more money is not the answer, it's about proper management. These private companies running the system are complete idiots. It takes at least three separate companies to get the trains on the track, no wonder there's always problems.
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Huh? If you want new stuff you need to pump money in no doubt about that. I agree that proper management is key.
The rolling stock is slightly different across each line, as are the signalling apparatus, the tracks and the electrics. No single private company wants to handle the maintenance on the whole thing, because they have a cap on the profits they can make, so they don't want to spend loads of capital on a single project that could go tits up in so many ways. TfL doesn't help by writing duff contracts either.