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panick21_ ◴[] No.45359919[source]
Ironically in Europe we have some decent regulation for airlines, but the public train operating companies refuse to do the same for trains. We need to have some of those same protection and transparency requirements for train companies as well.

But the governments of the big operating companies have vetoed this so far. Sometimes deregulation actually makes it easier to implement regulation.

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1. eterm ◴[] No.45360157[source]
One of the best things to happen lately in the UK is "Delay Repay": https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/help-and-assistance/compensat...

Made it much easier to get compensation for delayed and canceled trains. ( Of which there are many ).

It's not a significant amount for minor delays, but it makes traveling on trains just that little bit less miserable.