the situation with Llandudno Station has been ridiculous - Network Rail receives billions in subsidy every year - why does it need more financial assistance to do the job that it has already been given the funding to do?
Hmmm.. Depends on where you want to start and how long you've got. Briefly, however, Network Rail is probably doing a pretty decent job, given that in the past four years it's had to assume responsibility for all the work previously contracted out to private companies, and the total maintenance of 20,000 miles of track, 40,000 bridges and tunnels, 2,500 railway stations and many thousands of signals, level crossings, points, turntables, railhead scrubbers, CCTV systems, communications relays, telephone exchanges and buffers, plus a very large fleet of roiling stock all coupled with the inevitable pressure of knowing that even one incorrectly tightened bolt can lead to disastrous consequences.
It's probably too big, but a homogeneous approach to engineering is probably necessary when you're dealing with an industry as big and essential and with a significant potential risk to himan life as the train system.