United front for East Coast rail franchise (From York Press)
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United front for East Coast rail franchise
8:16am Tuesday 16th October 2012 in News
United front for East Coast rail franchise
COUNCIL bosses from towns and cities along the East Coast main line have met in York in a bid to have a greater say in the future of its franchise.
The meeting was called for and chaired by City of York Council leader James Alexander as the Department for Transport announced the franchise process would not be put on hold amid the fiasco surrounding the West Coast main line.
He said councils along the East Coast route should present a “strong position” to the Government and call for improvements in the line’s infrastructure, with representatives attending from local authorities as far south as Stevenage and as far north as East Lothian in Scotland as well as from Leeds.
The group agreed to draw up a memorandum of understanding which will see them work together to put forward a “collective position” over the route and ask for fuller involvement in the franchise process.
Comments(3)
Zetkin
says...
9:53am Tue 16 Oct 12
Of course the likes of Branson will scream blue murder about losing their multi-million subsidies, but it's high time public transport was run for the benefit of the public, not billionaire businessmen.
Even AndyD
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12:01pm Tue 16 Oct 12
Haywire says...
8:18am Tue 16 Oct 12