Government takes over Northern franchise
Mar 02, 2020
3 minutes
By ‘Industry Witness’
Mike Summers
THE Northern franchise is to end five years early on February 29, after the Government finally lost confidence in the ability of Arriva Rail North, a subsidiary of German operator Deutsche Bahn, to restore service reliability after a prolonged period of disruption. It will be run instead by the state-owned Operator of Last Resort.
There has been no evidence that the expertise available through Deutsche Bahn has been able
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