Firstgroup: article in the Times newspaper.

Firstgroup: article in the Times newspaper.

As at 21st February 2025 21:34 GMT

Posted by Mark A at 11:20, 10th February 2025

This will be/become paywalled. Firstgroup's situation, given the current direction* of the railways.

Mark

*That word used loosely...

https://www.thetimes.com/article/ea2903bf-f03f-4024-9b03-13f0a839c897?shareToken=c97e2bbed7152568568143a7ae63fb7e

Re: Firstgroup: article in the Times newspaper.

Posted by grahame at 16:28, 10th February 2025

: Mark A

Alexander, however, has given warning that any new open-access applications will be heavily scrutinised to see if they undermine the renationalised railway, an indication that Labour may think FirstGroup’s plans are a private company cherry-picking the network for private gain

That's Heidi Alexander - SoS for Transport. It will be interesting to see how this plays out ...

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