Existing passenger services will be franchised to private sector operators who will bid competitively to run services.
I believe that privatisation of the railway offers a new future for this line and for other lines where we have successfully franchised services.
They do not know whether the train operators will be franchised.
We believe that those who are actually travelling on the lines that have been franchised are seeing the benefits of better service.
I believe that the reduction in the number of firms franchised to carry out legal aid work will alter the economics of practice.
In the future, how will he ensure that such fraud does not take place in companies that have been franchised?
The other will become a residual operating company responsible for operating the passenger services which are not yet franchised.
If they cannot be shown to be profitable, it is unlikely that there will be any prospect of their being franchised.
