Was the break-up of the railways such a disaster that it needs to be reversed?

Too many passengers, not enough trains. Launching a review of the rail industry yesterday, the Conservatives summed up the most likely scenario if the network stays as it is: “More and more passengers, on more and more overcrowded trains, and with constant upward pressure on fares to try to take the sting out of overcrowding.”

The demand for train journeys is forecast to grow by 30 per cent over the next 10 years, but there are no plans for any major increase in capacity between 2007 and 2014.

Fundamentally, the Tories are arguing that Britain does not spend enough on long-term investment in the railways and that present expenditure is wasteful.
The Independent