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Non-transport civil servant takes charge of DfT plan to bring trains under public control

Deniz Huseyin
03 May 2025
Richard Goodman
Richard Goodman

 

The Government has appointed a director from a non-transport civil service background to oversee the transition of train operators to public control. Richard Goodman has been made Director General of DfT Operator Ltd (DFTO), formerly DfT OLR Holdings Limited, which runs franchises in England that have failed or are being returned to state operation as their contracts expire. 

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told a Transport Committee hearing last month that DFTO has “increased in...

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