Mps Attack Train Firms for Exploiting Travellers with Hidden Fare Rises [Edition 2]

Evening Standard - London › July 27, 2009

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if companies can cream off the profits in good times, but leave passengers and taxpayers to pick up the bill when hard times hit. The fare rises we saw this year were excessive."

The committee's report expressed anger that train companies were able to walk away from franchise deals during a downturn in business.

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Mps Attack Train Firms for Exploiting Travellers with Hidden Fare Rises [Edition 2]

It called for longer-term franchises, with penalties for firms that failed to keep up service ...

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