A re-engineered MTU engine, the first to be delivered from Germany, is lifted into a Virgin Trains East Coast HST power car at Craigentinny
STAGECOACH Group and Virgin Trains have suggested a fundamental reform of the passenger franchising system in response to a consultation launched by the Competition and Markets Authority.
The CMA is looking at how competition between operators could be increased, but the Rail Delivery Group sounded a note of caution, saying a ‘review of the market for rail should consider rail’s wider benefits to local communities, the economy and the environment’.