Reply #11: Actually... NS is privately owned now :(

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The Dutch government for some ungodly reason has decided to do a slow, half-assed job of the gop dream, and they privatized EVERYTHING! the post office, the rails, the buses, the phones (ok THAT was an improvement) EVERYTHING!
and the cost to us mere burgers (citizens) has gone up, up, up while there has been little or NO IMPROVEMENT in quality.

In fact the NS, the bus lines, and the post office have all cut services! The bus union, in my area is in fact striking now (not charging in the morning and after noon commutes, not running at all, outside of commute hours)!!!!!

They are asking a 3.5% increase in pay (reasonable) and something else I didn't quite catch, which was none the less also reasonable.

but yeah, the public system, while a lil slow and EXPENSIVE at times, is still very efficient!