The Observer view on rail nationalisation | Observer editorial

There is certainly a case for returning Britain’s train services to public ownership, but Jeremy Corbyn would struggle to pay for itThe railways can evoke passionate views about the merits of public ownership in the same way as the NHS. As nationally owned entities, the two are kindred spirits. The National Health Service Act of 1946 was followed a year later by the Transport Act that merged the “big four” rail routes and created British Railways. But they have taken different