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DfT pays HS1 for unused rail paths after Southeastern cutbacks

Rhodri Clark
07 September 2023
Southeastern’s Javelin trains are not making full use of the paths on HS1, but the DfT is paying for them anyway
Southeastern’s Javelin trains are not making full use of the paths on HS1, but the DfT is paying for them anyway
 

The DfT paid HS1 Ltd more than £16m last year because Southeastern operated fewer high speed services over the HS1 infrastructure than the number specified in the company’s concession agreement.. 

HS1 is the railway from London St Pancras to the Channel Tunnel near Folkestone. It is used for fast Southeastern services between Kent and St Pancras as well as international Eurostar services and freight trains. In 2010 a 30-year concession

was awarded for the line’s...

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