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What future for franchising?

Paul Salveson
23 January 2015
 

There’s a lot going on in the highly-pressurised world of rail franchising. Dutch-owned Abellio is mobilising ‘north of the border’ following its award of the ScotRail franchise by the Scottish Government. It’s a good deal too, with new trains, refurbished high-speed trains on many strategic non-electrified routes, investment in ‘tourist’ routes and major support for community rail as well. More widely publicised was Stagecoach and Virgin’s winning bid...

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Paul Salveson

Paul Salveson

Paul Salveson

Paul Salveson is a board member of Passenger Focus and a visiting professor at the University of Huddersfield. Paul’s book Railpolitik – bringing railways back to communities, was published in 2013, also by Lawrence and Wishart. The views expressed here are his own.

 



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