Rail companies had resisted the introduction of Boxing Day services, but senior figures in the industry admit the case for running services on 26 December is compelling.
By exploring the scope for running services themselves or in partnership with service users, staff are kickstarting a process that is about taking control.
The key difference is that this means all the revenue from fares goes straight to the government and there is no revenue risk for Govia, the operator which just receives a management fee for running services.
It is the resource, or revenue, or day-to-day budget, for running services, that is the subject of dispute.
He added: "For every pound spent on fares, 97p goes on track, train, staff and other costs, while 3p goes in profits earned by train companies for running services on Europe's fastest-growing railway.
"The hospital wanted to reduce debts and raise income for running services (KI)".
They ignore the interaction effects between the capacity decisions and the managerial adverse selection and moral hazard issues, which are crucial elements for successfully running services with fixed capacity, random arrivals, and stochastic service times.
In their approach, remote APIs for modifying values in running services are compiled into Java-based Web Services and are made accessible using remote method invocation.
He told Today: "We have no intention of endangering patients, which is why we're giving the service time to plan for running a service when junior doctors aren't there.
This will probably mean higher fares for local transport and higher charges for municipally run services like rubbish collection.
