Ministers today ended rail franchising after 24 years as the first step in bringing Britain’s fragmented network back together.
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The new system will create a simpler, more effective structure and will take shape over the coming months. The first stage, today, is moving operators onto transitional contracts to prepare the ground for the new railway.
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