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Putting profit first
After 30 years of privatisation, writes Vernon Price, it remains clear where the government’s priorities lie
Last week the government finally published the Williams/Shapps review into the future structure of the railways. This has the format of a white paper entitled ‘Great British Railways’ (GBR), and we are told new legislation will follow and the new structure will be in place within two years.
The ‘Williams review’ was set up by the government in the wake of the May 2018 timetable change. Readers will recall the chaos this caused, particularly affecting the trains branded as Northern, Southern and Thameslink. The new routes and improved frequencies being introduced clashed with an insufficient number of trained drivers and the inability of the tracks to handle the increased train volumes, leading to meltdown. The integrated nature of the railway network meant the collapse rippled through to other franchises operating over the same tracks, affecti
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How Hitachi s plan to replace Britain s train fleet went off the rails
The cracks discovered on the Japanese company s Azuma trains are the latest in a litany of problems
11 May 2021 • 6:23pm
Chris Grayling was not afraid to heap praise on Japanese conglomerate Hitachi as the inaugural InterCity Express service prepared to leave Bristol Temple Meads station.
Glossing over the fact that water was pouring out of air conditioning units onto his fellow passengers, the Transport Secretary proclaimed: “These are the smartest trains in the country, probably the best we have ever had in the country.
“This is going to be a fantastic service, really regular trains and far more capacity.
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