I would also be curious about comments from a train rider perspective from Sweden. There, privatisation of the operating part of the state railways isn't yet finished (there is Green Cargo, but there is still SJ), so it can't be viewed as a full model either. On the other hand, viewing what happened so far, there have been some ugly bankrupcies and service problems, and the state still has to spend the big bucks on infrastructure. But I wonder how it looked for passengers.

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

There is Japan, and Switzerland doesn't do separation/competition on the same track either. (There is significant parallel service on some lines, say BLS and SBB on the Lötschberg line on which the new base tunnel is, but that is based on agreements between the railways.)

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.}