On 19 Dec, 08:43, Mwmbwls wrote:

He also described freight operator EWS as "barrow boys" and cited the
company as an example of where the committee had not been able to
clarify funding needs. "It became quite obvious when many committee
members visited its operations - I could not go - that attempts were
being made to pull the wool over our eyes. That is a glaring example
of a case where the funding was not understood. We could not get to
the bottom of what it was trying to do, or of what it wanted. The new
clause, if it is accepted, will push such organisations into a
position where they have to say precisely what their contribution to
the costs will be."

Just what financial contributions are the committee expecting from a
freight operator towards a new passenger railway whose aim seems to be
to eliminate "pesky" freight from existing joint use lines.

George