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privatisation

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Ticket offices and value in staff redeployment

Cost pressures are bearing down on the rail industry as revenue rises but not at a fast enough rate to cover the £2 billion gap between operating subsidy and income

Passengers 29 Nov

News

"Not too late to change course on public ownership"

It’s “not too late” for Louise Haigh to change course on public ownership and get “the best of both worlds,” says Rail Partners chief executive, Andy Bagnall.

rail 24 Sept

Comment

OPINION: The flaws at the heart of rail franchising

Jason Chamberlain, partner at law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, looks back at 30 years of rail privatisation and asks what the future holds for the railway

Industry views 27 Feb

Feature

Structural change and better organisation…

As Keith Williams prepares the ground for the biggest rail restructuring since privatisation, where should rail look for guidance and best practice?

Policy 28 Jan

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privatisation

Ticket offices and value in staff redeployment

"Not too late to change course on public ownership"

OPINION: The flaws at the heart of rail franchising

Structural change and better organisation…

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privatisation

Ticket offices and value in staff redeployment

"Not too late to change course on public ownership"

OPINION: The flaws at the heart of rail franchising

Structural change and better organisation…

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No takers so first DB Cargo UK Class 67 goes for scrap

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