I agree with Ms. Morgan that running rights are also a partial solution to the situation.
I also want to talk for a second about the lack of consequences as a result of having what's basically a government-supported monopoly. There are no consequences for having very poor service. The rail lines don't suffer the financial costs of delivering cars late, of not picking up cars, of capping mills at 70 cars when they should be producing at a capacity of 120 cars. There is no reason why the railway would not continue to do business the way they are because they have a government-authorized monopoly.
I would suggest that we really need to look at how they run their business at the expense of everybody around them.