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Title: MPs urge rail franchise reforms Post by: Super Guard on July 27, 2009, 08:45:39 Link to article on BBC New Homepage:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8169529.stm Title: Re: MPs urge rail franchise reforms Post by: JayMac on July 27, 2009, 11:14:09 I like the idea of comparing a 'nationalised' TOC against the existing franchising model.
The commons transport committee describing the current system as 'a muddle' put a smile on my face. The current system was devised by the Strategic Rail Authority under the tutelage of a certain Richard Bowker. NXEC failed to keep to its franchise agreement under the tutelage of......guess who? The United Arab Emirates are welcome to him! 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 |