charles wrote:
In article ,
John Williamson wrote:
charles wrote:
It's quite telling that when rolling stock needs to be moved around for
maintenance work or refurbishment, they often find it cheaper to move it
by road rather than rail.


which shows that someone has got the costing of road transport wrong.
After all, that too is "subsidised by the taxayer".

The taxes paid by road users far exceed the amount spent on the road
network. In effect, road users subsidise the rail network, the NHS.....

remember that all the non-trunk roads are paid for by the relevant local
authority, not out of central funds. Once upon a time - when I first had a
car - the "road fund licence" was collected by the local authority. It was
subsequently 'nationalised'.


Remember that local authorities get massive handouts from the treasury for
the roads. Then they spend the money on lesbian cooperatives.