FILE PHOTO: An Arriva driver is reflected in the mirror of his bus in Leicester, central England, April 22, 2010. Deutsche Bahn sealed a takeover of Arriva on Thursday and predicted a Europe-wide transport sector consolidation wave would follow. REUTERS/Darren Staples
Shapps told BBC TV he was no longer willing to tolerate the high level of delays and cancellations suffered by rail customers in the north of England. “I’m simply not prepared for the service on Northern to carry on as it is and I am taking action,” he said. Britain’s model of grouping rail routes into franchises that are run by private operators for a set number of years has been attacked by passengers, unions and politicians, who have said it results in expensive and unpredictable service.
grantshapps Conservatives with the help of DailyMailUK Telegraph Daily_Express FT you spent countless yrs convincing everyone [not me] that ending failing rail franchises was Marxist & theft. Well apparently, it isn’t anymore. The u-turns + revelation of the lies has begun.
And probably hand it over to their friends
Are they nationalising it? How very socialist!
Certainly set to deflect from the news of the price increases for deteriorating rail services.
Photo is of a bus, not a train.
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