Gravy trains

摘要

Few topics get Britons as hot under the collar as the state of the country's railways. When trains are delayed-at the slightest hint of snow, or when leaves fall on the track-passengers fire off furious letters and tweets. Pictures of commuters vaulting over ticket barriers or standing in overcrowded carriages fill the newspapers. According to polls by YouGov, more than half of Britons would like the government to take the railways back under state control. This makes Labour's plan for a publicly run "People's Railway", affirmed at its conference this week, a popular policy as well as a radical one.