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Richard Branson
18/05/2009 by admin.
So Richard Branson is urging ministers to hyandnthe private sector a greater role in the railways…i.e. longer francises.
Whereas his thoughts make the papers my own point to anyone who will listen: “Is it beyond the wit of man to devise a system whereby the franchise winner buys his own trains and subsequent winners are required to take them over?” is usually met with tumbleweed blowing across the room.
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