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Old January 8th 18, 08:49 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default TfL rolling stock crisis

On Sat, 6 Jan 2018 07:06:02 -0800 (PST)
Paul Corfield wrote:
mix of internally generated surplus and govt investment grant pays for new =
train fleets. I can't recall a train fleet being "flogged off" to pay for a=
new one. It was Caroline Pidgeon who remarked that the proposal was "craz=
y" (or some similar term).


And will almost certainly cost TfL more in the long run. Whoever buys the
trains won't be doing it for the good of mankind, they'll want a long term
profit. As ever short termism rules in british government.

 
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