Page 14 of the Tory manifesto wrote in glowing terms of the £38billion of investment for the railways and all the benefits for the Northern Powerhouse etc, didn't take long for that promise to be busted
There is not much they can do , Railtrack was an abject unsafe failure which went bust now Network Rail the government alternative is a failure. The Tories privatised the railways on a whim with Major doubting he would be re-elected when he made the pledge, a bit like the Tories this time. If...
Some bright spark worked out if you electrify large swathes of the railway you'll need lots of new electricity and where is that going to come from ? Of course this was realised half way through electrifying it