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National Express loses a million customers in 'most difficult year'
London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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2012 was one of the most difficult years in National Express Coach's 40-year history'. Photograph: Newscast / Alamy/Alamy National Express has admitted suffering "one of the most difficult years in its history" after a million customers deserted its
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Calls for all DfT emails to be investigated over 'Anyone But Branson' conspiracy in West Coast rail fiasco
Whitehall :: OH :: USA | 4 months ago
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30 January 2013 Ministers must check all e-mail traffic at the Department of Transport for evidence of an alleged Anyone But Branson' conspiracy in the West Coast rail fiasco, MP watchdogs demanded today. A damning all-party report said there was
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'Major failures' over rail deal
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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West Coast Main Line fiasco caused by 'major failures' Virgin Trains has run the West Coast Mainline service since 1997 The West Coast Main Line deal fiasco was the result of "irresponsible decisions", according to a House of Commons transport
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West Coast errors 'not deliberate'
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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MPs not 'deliberately misled' Patrick McLoughlin said his DfT staff were doing a 'first-class job' Civil servants did not "deliberately" mislead ministers during a bidding process to run the West Coast mainline, the transport secretary has told MPs.
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Monday morning misery continues for frustrated rail commuters
Hartlepool :: United Kingdom | 6 months ago
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Rush-hour rail problems that plagued passengers on many days in November continued on the first working day of December today. Travellers whose services were still affected by last week's floods were hit by a combination of difficulties including
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FirstGroup Hit By West Coast Rail Shambles
London :: United Kingdom | 7 months ago
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The flawed bid process at the Department for Transport (DfT) which cost FirstGroup (FG) the West Coast Mainline rail franchise will also hit the company's shareholders. In its first half results announcement FG confirmed it was holding dividend
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Anyone but Branson? Mails trawled for evidence of 'anti-Virgin' bias over rail franchise
London :: United Kingdom | 7 months ago
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Suggested Topics Thousands of internal Department of Transport emails are to be trawled for evidence that civil servants wanted to hand the lucrative London to Scotland West Coast train service to anyone but Branson. Executives at Virgin Trains have
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All aboard the Richard Branson PR train | Marina Lewycka
London :: United Kingdom | 7 months ago
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Not content with herding us like cattle on smelly overcrowded trains, fleecing us with fare hikes, and flaunting his lightly taxed wealth, Sir Richard Branson now wants us to love him.' Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images When Virgin Rail lost
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West coast mainline debacle: when civil servants buy trains
Birmingham :: United Kingdom | 8 months ago
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This decision (like all rail franchising decisions) was always going to be subject to fierce scrutiny. Officials knew that the stakes were high and any weakness would expose the decision to judicial review. Equally, they must know that we all make
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Rail users 'ripped off' on refunds
London :: United Kingdom | 8 months ago
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The leaked tape of Mitt Romney speaking at a private donors function has, it's fair to say, caused s... Suggested Topics A rail workers' union today called for a parliamentary inquiry into refunds for delayed trains after claiming that passengers
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