Passenger

Rail franchising programme revised

By 2013-01-31T10:08:00

The UK government has announced its plans to restart tendering for the Essex Thameside, Great Western and Thameslink, Southern & Great Northern passenger franchises.

UK: Following the publication of Eurostar Chairman Richard Brown's independent review of the Department for Transport's franchising programme earlier in the month, on January 31 the government announced its plans to restart three passenger franchise tendering competitions.

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