Thread: Times: Ken plans to take public control of rail services
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Old November 20th 07, 05:35 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Times: Ken plans to take public control of rail services
On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:09:05 +0000, Ernst S Blofeld
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"Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, is preparing to submit a bid next
year to take over most of Southern, one of the biggest train franchises,
from 2009. He is also drawing up plans to take control of all commuter
trains that terminate in the capital, including those that start their
journeys well beyond Greater London."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle2903879.ece

There is a precedent on a far smaller scale of Merseyrail, which
operates outside the boundaries of the PTE...

Neil

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