First Group lose lucrative rail franchise.

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TimBrown
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First Group lose lucrative rail franchise.

Post by TimBrown » 06:03 Friday 12th May 2023

First Group have lost the lucrative Trans Pennine Express franchise after years of dreadful performance. Services now under state controlled OLR (Operator of Last Resort) effectively Nationalised, as per attached link to BBC article;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-65558316

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