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Title: Firstgroup: article in the Times newspaper. Post by: Mark A on February 10, 2025, 11:20:37 This will be/become paywalled. Firstgroup's situation, given the current direction* of the railways.
Mark *That word used loosely... https://www.thetimes.com/article/ea2903bf-f03f-4024-9b03-13f0a839c897?shareToken=c97e2bbed7152568568143a7ae63fb7e (https://www.thetimes.com/article/ea2903bf-f03f-4024-9b03-13f0a839c897?shareToken=c97e2bbed7152568568143a7ae63fb7e) Title: Re: Firstgroup: article in the Times newspaper. Post by: grahame on February 10, 2025, 16:28:37 This will be/become paywalled. Firstgroup's situation, given the current direction* of the railways. Mark *That word used loosely... https://www.thetimes.com/article/ea2903bf-f03f-4024-9b03-13f0a839c897?shareToken=c97e2bbed7152568568143a7ae63fb7e (https://www.thetimes.com/article/ea2903bf-f03f-4024-9b03-13f0a839c897?shareToken=c97e2bbed7152568568143a7ae63fb7e) Quote Alexander, however, has given warning that any new open-access applications will be heavily scrutinised to see if they undermine the renationalised railway, an indication that Labour may think FirstGroup’s plans are a private company cherry-picking the network for private gain That's Heidi Alexander - SoS for Transport. It will be interesting to see how this plays out ... This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |