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"Peter Masson" wrote:


"Graeme Wall" wrote

HEX is not a TOC

The NRT seems quite content to describe HEx (and Hull Trains and West Coast
Railway Company for that matter) as a Train Operating Company. Unlike the
franchised TOCs they have no Public Service Obligation responsibilities,
but that doesn't stop them being a tOC.


OK pedant time, they are not Franchise Holders which is the generally
accepted meaning of TOCs in this context. Hence they do not have any public
service liabilities such as may be imposed on a Franchised TOC. Within their
own bailiwick and the limitations of the appropriate legislation they can do
what they like and can get away with, just like any other business.

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Graeme Wall
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