Britain will bring to an end the Northern Rail franchise run by Deutsche Bahn�...
FILE PHOTO: An Arriva driver is reflected in the mirror of his bus in Leicester, central England, April 22, 2010. Deutsche Bahn sealed a takeover of Arriva on Thursday and predicted a Europe-wide transport sector consolidation wave would follow. REUTERS/Darren Staples
Shapps told BBC TV he was no longer willing to tolerate the high level of delays and cancellations suffered by rail customers in the north of England. “I’m simply not prepared for the service on Northern to carry on as it is and I am taking action,” he said. Britain’s model of grouping rail routes into franchises that are run by private operators for a set number of years has been attacked by passengers, unions and politicians, who have said it results in expensive and unpredictable service.
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