Swiss Rail Modernisation

Guardian | Business | Rail modernisation - the difference between us and the Swiss
The difference being that the Swiss Bahn 2000 project has come in on time and 20% less than budget. Compare and contrast with the Boiling Frogs of Railtrack, and the ill-fated West Coast Modernisation. The reason?

Chris Jackson, deputy editor of Railway Gazette , said: 'The difference in Switzerland is that the same organisation runs the tracks, trains and projects, and they know what they are doing. Simple.

Pity the Observe chose (in the dead-tree edition) to use a photo of the narrow gauge Wengernalpbahn rather than a modern Re460 and the double deck stock mentioned in the article.