On Mon, 4 Jul 2011 13:30:13 -0700 (PDT), Dave Hill
wrote:

" But didn't anybody warn the poor blighters about
privatised British railway companies?"

Arriva plc is a multinational public transport company owned by
Deutsche Bahn and headquartered in Sunderland, United Kingdom. It has
bus and/or rail operations in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany,
Hungary, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia,
Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

I didn't know that. The DB connection ought to be slightly reassuring;
but maybe I'm out of date on that, too.

--
Mike.