Sadly the madness of modernisation is entrenched in history.
Just look at Beeching and the termination of steam traction in 1968 on the altar of dieselisation, because we couldn't afford total electrification.
Changing the whole system in months, and scrapping assets with years of life left in them was lunacy but that happened.
Closing down the mining industry on the back of political dogma.
And so on.
