Sales of food and drink at Network Rail’s 20 managed stations could soon be worth £1 billion per year.
Sales of food and drink at Network Rail’s 20 managed stations could soon be worth £1 billion per year.
Despite Office of Rail and Road concerns about high prices being charged compared with the High Street, as well as the lack of competition, major growth continues.
London’s Charing Cross heads the chart for the last three months of 2024 (the latest data available), with a 13.1% increase in income. NR’s total earnings across the UK topped the £900 million mark.
In its recently published conclusion following a lengthy investigation into NR’s practices for letting its shop spaces, ORR hopes for government intervention to make it easier for newcomers to challenge the near-monopolies of larger companies.
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