Rolling Stock Leasing Companies: Love Them or Loathe Them?

Ever wondered where your train fare really goes? In this deep dive, we expose the shadowy world of Rolling Stock Leasing Companies (ROSCOs) – the unshakable monopoly behind the trains on Britain’s railways.

From soaring profits to aging trains, we unravel how these companies are cashing in while passengers and taxpayers foot the bill. Could nationalising the fleet break the cycle, or are we stuck riding their gravy train? Watch now to uncover the truth behind the rails!

[knownothing]

It sounds like simple maths tbh. The operating costs the ROSCOs have exist with or without them because somebody's got to manage the trains, so one would wonder how anybody could think slapping a profit margin on that would in any way turn out to be cheaper than having to deal solely with operating costs. Plus dividends to shareholders? Ew! Imagine those 2 billion had been reinvested instead of disappearing into overseas pockets somewhere.

[BalticoYT]

ROSCOs are an issue, but it's not because they're private companies, but rather, how the UK went about in privatizing British Rail. The operating structure makes no sense at all.
Although I'm not a fan of nationalization, GBR needs to nationalize every aspect of British railroads, from Network Rail, to the TOCs, and especially the ROSCOs. There's no reason for a "railroad" to own the infrastructure and make the timetables, but not own their own trains.

[somebloke]

They're leaches and they've got to go