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Royal Mail to stop using its own freight trains after almost 200 years (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s because the UK’s privatised electricity companies have made running electric trains prohibitively expensive, to the point where passenger railways run diesel trains on electric routes because it’s cheaper. Another thing we have Margaret Thatcher to thank for.

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[–] rubikcuber@feddit.uk 10 points 1 month ago

Tax on electricity for trains. 40%. Tax on aviation fuel. 0%.

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