Jorge Da Silva
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rail-franchise-row-moves-to-high-court-dbr6mvwpb
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Can’t access full articleFour of Europe’s leading train companies will be in the High Court on Monday to accuse the government of acting unlawfully in the tender process to run HS2 and other rail franchises.
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Trains, Stagecoach, which used to be Britain’s biggest train operator, SNCF, the French state railway, and Arriva, the British division of Deutsche Bahn, claim that the Department for Transport acted unlawfully by disqualifying them from winning franchises in a row over pension liabilities.
The case is being seen as a watershed moment for the privatised rail industry. It opens up the possibility that the competition to run HS2 and the lucrative west coast main line may have to be re-opened or that the entire franchising of train operations to…
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