A new vision for railways that's rather short-sighted

The government’s proposed model will just add more complexity to an already baffling franchise system
The transport secretary, Chris Grayling, unveiled his “new vision for our railways” a week ago and gained a few favourable headlines for the modest commitment to reopen a few lines closed in the Beeching cuts of the 1960s. Forget that crowd-pleasing diversion, however, because it’s not what the rail industry is talking about.Instead, rail bosses are dumbfounded that Stage