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Central Trains maintains profits as subsidy growth pays for access and train cost rises
CENTRAL TRAINS, the regional operator which ended operations and was split up earlier this month, maintained its profit levels despite massive shifts in its cost base during 2006, according to its annual accounts.
The company operated a network of urban, inter-urban and some rural services throughout the midlands, stretching from?Cardiff in the west to Cleethorpes and Norwich in the east, and from Stansted and Rugby through to Preston and Liverpool. The franchise was awarded to...

