Rail privatisation has been "a rip-off" which has left passengers paying the highest fares in Europe, according to a transport union...
Its comments came on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the passing of the Railways Act on November 5 1993 - legislation that paved the way for the privatisation of the railways...
UK: Union slams privatisation 'rip-off'
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Transport union RMT said it was ridiculous that Britain's railways had been sold to other countries' nationalised rail companies.
German and Dutch state-run train firms operate sizeable chunks of the British rail service...