Because British railways are a nationalized industry.
出自-2010年12月聽力原文
Since 1946, when the Transport Act came in, we were nationalized
出自-2010年12月聽力原文
Has it been a good thing for the railways, do you think, to be nationalized?
出自-2010年12月聽力原文
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
VERB
把…收歸國有;使國有化
If a government nationalizes a private company or industry, that company or industry becomes owned by the state and controlled by the government.
例句
In 1987, Garcia introduced legislation to nationalize Peru's banking and financial systems...1987年，加西亞立法將秘魯銀行業和金融系統收歸國有。The coffee industry was nationalised at the time of independence.國家取得獨立時，咖啡行業被收歸國有。
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
收歸國有;國有化
The railways were nationalized after the war.戰后鐵道都收歸國有。