Not much different to now unreliable dirty and expensive.
govt did little to fix it cos it cost money to improve. And government would rather spend the money elsewhere. Keep an eye out for labour nicking the investment money I bet it'll get happen cos the same people demanding nationalisation also demand other spending.
I remember too, and I agree. Problem was that govts kept taking back the investment spending. Cos they could always find something else to spend it on. If it had had investment of the current levels it would have been much better.
Nationalisation is politically idiotic cos the govt that nationalises will be blamed for every late train and any rise in fares.nationalisation is a good idea but not a good idea politically. few votes will be won by doing it and loads will be lost.
And the govt will still take back the investment spending. Probably why labour want to nationalise.
best thing i can say about womad is that its unlikely to be duplicating an experience of that child, there's a lot there they're unlikely to experience otherwise.
i've never taken my kid there but i've been and I'm not hooked on the idea of shambala being good for kids, too many inconsiderate wreckheads I'd say, and not very much to keep a kid entertained with apart from the parents.
womad is a lovely festival for kids and the site is lovely always some cool shade in the arboretum, and the music (for me) a discovery (was always pleasantly surprised at how much my son (a Glastonbury veteran) embraced the non-western music .
and you don't have to worry about beered up w*nkers.