Bye Bye Connex

The BBC is reporting that Connex have lost their South Eastern fanchise.

I know how bad they were when they ran the South Central franchise before loosing it.

I was looking at the BBC comments page and I noticed a reply from an old friend on there. Here's what Keith Marshall had to say...

I commute daily into London on Connex from Whitstable which seems to be one of the better routes they have. Since the service is already adequate I assume it can only get worse as a result of this change. Frankly, if Connex can't afford to run the service, what makes anyone think some other company can? Rail services should be publicly owned because they simply aren't geared up to be profit-making.