Are 'disruptors' possible in rail infrastructure?

[Dai Corner]

From a UK perspective it's a middle-sized, middle-income city, so is not the natural choice for a big project. A more "Westminster" approach would be to divide this budget up into 94 small projects intended to spread the love around the country, but each only deliver pretty small improvements that hardly anybody notices

From an EU perspective the Valleys are/were an economically and socially deprived area. That's why they put up a lot of the money.

Whether the improved railway connections will result in prosperity spreading up the Valleys or being concentrated in the city and increasing overall remains to be seen.

 

[Meerkat]

If only it was that simple. Let's say the private investor needs to run 6tph for the business case to stack up, but there are no guarantees the trains will be able to operate on the existing network. No chance, they won't finance an Ordsall Cord.

Also the issue that if they don’t have guarantees a future government could give all the paths to other operators and leave HSR stranded.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

...the relevant buzzwords...

My apologies. Late to the thread. In the context of this particular discussion, who, or what, is a "disruptor", as per the thread title?

 

[Meerkat]

My apologies. Late to the thread. In the context of this particular discussion, who, or what, is a "disruptor", as per the thread title?

Basically someone who enters an industry with an innovative way of doing things which is successful and upsets the incumbents.