Nationalised or regulated: London and Manchester at odds over public transport
Metrolink tram Manchester (Phil Long Flickr)
Sadiq Khan, the London mayor, has warned that relinquishing control of the capital’s public transport may be the only way to save it from collapse. Meanwhile his fellow mayor in Manchester, Andy Burnham, has said the opposite. Bringing the network in north west England under the administration of the local authority could be the only way to revive its fortunes and save it from a similar collapse.
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Operate the Circle Line with steam locomotives and slam-door carriages, and TFL’s revenue will double within a few days.