Thread: (Times): Britain to have fastest train service in the worldwithin 12 years
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Old March 25th 09, 09:02 PM posted to misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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21:21:01 on Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Lüko Willms
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Couldn't DB run the equivalent of an open-access operation, alongside a
renewed "franchise" for the UK Eurostar operations?

This is no franchise ....

ICRR sounds just like GNER running a franchise on the ECML.

If not, what's the essential difference.
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