On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:25:39 +0000 (UTC), "Cast_Iron"
wrote:

With one exception all transport systems in the UK are privately owned
and/or managed.

Has anyone added Translink (bus and rail) to the list yet?

Also various funiculars.
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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

Arthur Figgis wrote:
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:25:39 +0000 (UTC), "Cast_Iron"
wrote:

With one exception all transport systems in the UK are
privately owned and/or managed.

Has anyone added Translink (bus and rail) to the list yet?

As far as I'm aware Translink is a service provider rather than an
infrastructure owner and not therefore relevant to the subject of this
thread.


Also various funiculars.

Funiculars are by their nature very local and generally privately owned
although some may be owned and/or operated by the local council. In terms of
essential transport provision I feel they fall outside the scope of this
thread.

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 00:58:24 +0000 (UTC), "Cast_Iron"
wrote:

Arthur Figgis wrote:
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:25:39 +0000 (UTC), "Cast_Iron"
wrote:

With one exception all transport systems in the UK are
privately owned and/or managed.

Has anyone added Translink (bus and rail) to the list yet?

As far as I'm aware Translink is a service provider rather than an
infrastructure owner and not therefore relevant to the subject of this
thread.

Looking at it like that, I think it is a common marketing/branding
name for one rail and two bus organisations, with a structure behiond
them which is somewhat more complicated but unimportant to the end
user, BICBW. I don't know about the buses, but the rail side is
vertically-integrated and publicly owned, and surely 360 km (ish) of
passenger railway must count as part of the UK's transport system?

Also various funiculars.

Funiculars are by their nature very local and generally privately owned
although some may be owned and/or operated by the local council. In terms of
essential transport provision I feel they fall outside the scope of this
thread.

I must admit I thought most were owned by local authorities, but I've
never looked it up.

Who owns the canals these days?
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Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

"Arthur Figgis" ] wrote in message
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On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 00:58:24 +0000 (UTC), "Cast_Iron"
wrote:

Arthur Figgis wrote:
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:25:39 +0000 (UTC), "Cast_Iron"
wrote:

With one exception all transport systems in the UK are
privately owned and/or managed.

Has anyone added Translink (bus and rail) to the list yet?

As far as I'm aware Translink is a service provider rather than an
infrastructure owner and not therefore relevant to the subject of this
thread.

Looking at it like that, I think it is a common marketing/branding
name for one rail and two bus organisations, with a structure behiond
them which is somewhat more complicated but unimportant to the end
user, BICBW. I don't know about the buses, but the rail side is
vertically-integrated and publicly owned, and surely 360 km (ish) of
passenger railway must count as part of the UK's transport system?

Also various funiculars.

Funiculars are by their nature very local and generally privately owned
although some may be owned and/or operated by the local council. In terms
of
essential transport provision I feel they fall outside the scope of this
thread.

I must admit I thought most were owned by local authorities, but I've
never looked it up.

Who owns the canals these days?

They are not a general used method of transport in the UK, unfortunately,
being used mainly for leisure and recreation.
From BW's website, "British Waterways is a public corporation sponsored by
the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in
England and Wales and the Scottish Executive in Scotland."

Who owns the canals these days?

They are not a general used method of transport in the UK, unfortunately,
being used mainly for leisure and recreation.

I expect they make far more money for the country as recreational though and
they're certainly far nicer to live next to.

In article ,
says...

"MeatballTurbo" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...
Blackpool Transport is a wholly-owned part of Blackpool Council, IIRC,
operating both trams and buses. They are run as a separate business
in practical terms, however.

Warrington Buses too are independant.

But do they also own the road on which they run on?

Yep, Warrington Busses run and owned by the council as an independant
company, and the council (Local Authority also has responsibility for
the roads) manage roads if not actually own them. Of course we know that
HM the queen owns the roads of this land, and I can't see her getting
into direct competition with stagecoach yet, although the cost of yet
another royal divorce (should one happen) might push her over the edge.

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The poster formerly known as Skodapilot.
http://www.bouncing-czechs.com

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Cast_Iron wrote:

"Arthur Figgis" ] wrote in message
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On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 00:58:24 +0000 (UTC), "Cast_Iron"
wrote:

Arthur Figgis wrote:
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 19:25:39 +0000 (UTC), "Cast_Iron"
wrote:

With one exception all transport systems in the UK are
privately owned and/or managed.

Who owns the canals these days?

They are not a general used method of transport in the UK,
unfortunately, being used mainly for leisure and recreation.

The towpaths are excellent bike routes, though; in the parts of London
that have them, Canals are key components of the cycle network.

tom

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