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Old July 7th 07, 09:38 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
Nick Leverton Nick Leverton is offline
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Default Reuters announce Chiltern Railways for sale

In article ,
Arthur Figgis wrote:
Peter Masson wrote:
"The Good Doctor" wrote
Evergreen 2 was carried out by John Laing Group on a Design, Build,
Finance and Transfer basis. John Laing Group funded the project and
took full commercial risk. However the assets became the property of
Network Rail, because that is the way the franchise system works,
Chiltern Railways being effectively prevented from owning such
assets.

AIUI Chiltern do own a couple of infrastructure assets, including Warwick
Parway station and the 'new' platform at Princes Risborough.


So does that mean Chiltern could "take their ball home", if a situation
ever arose where they felt like doing so (perhaps a Connex-style early
termination)? "It's our platform, and you can't have it..."


"It's our tunnel ...."

Nick
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