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The battle to keep a nation on the move

Election focus: A decade after the UK�s railway system was privatised, and despite a remarkable improvement in services, especially in recent years, many Scots still want to see the railways back in state hands.

WE miss everything but their pork pies and curly sandwiches. British Rail, once the butt of almost as many jokes as Les Dawson's mother-in-law, was never loved. But it has been mourned.