Talk:Rail transport in Great Britain

Can't understand why the official regulator is the "Office of the Rail Regulator" - in keeping with the naming of other regulators, surely they should call it Offtrack! Would be a lot more apt... GRAHAMUK 12:09, 20 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Gauge

Could somebody please ad an explanation of "standard gauge"; perhaps with reference to the guage wars and to narow guage? Andy Mabbett 20:13, 29 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Rather out of scope here, I think. Standard gauge should just link to the article about that; maybe we need an in-depth thing at gauge wars or something like that. As to narrow gauge, the narrow gauge article should help; since that article is international, possible future scope for a seperate article on the British narrow gauge movement, its conception, development and failure.

It is a mistake, I think, to make this page try and cover everything. It should give an overview and defer to other articles for the depth. --Morven 01:28, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Artcile talks about Gauge already ("the replacement of 177 miles of broad gauge rail with standard gauge in a single weekend"), but with no prior context setting.Andy Mabbett 01:45, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Then I'll be thinking about a better way to include a brief mention of the issue & referring to more complete articles. This article is rather a mess right now. --Morven 05:40, 30 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Neutral?

Is the first major paragraph (with the 'post-Thatcherite' and 'New Labour' stuff really an unbiased view of things? Also, should this really be almost the first thing a reader finds out about the railway? dmp