Open access operations: is the government for or against?

Christian Wolmar Transport writer & broadcaster

THE privatised train companies made a mistake by taking a hardline in relation to Labour’s plans to bring operations back into the government fold. Rail Partners, set up by a consortium of various private rail interests, took a particularly aggressive line towards the plan, with chief executive Andy Bagnall even attending the Labour Party conference to argue the case that the policy should be reversed. There was never any chance of that, and the organisation will be sent to that scrapyard in the sky to join the likes of Connex, Sea Containers, and numerous other such rail companies. FirstGroup, a bit cannier than some of the others, has seen the way the wind is blowing with the demise of franchising, and has put its eggs in the open access basket.…

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