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Re: Connex set to lose UK rail franchise

Subject: Re: Connex set to lose UK rail franchise
From: "Ben" <smithb@alphalink.com.au>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 21:06:50 +1000
Newsgroups: aus.rail
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>  Virgin is supposed to by buying Tilt trains, but in the privatisation
model
> they can't own the trains. They have to get a rolling-stock leasing
company
> to provide the trains they want, thus they have no direct control over the
> financing...
>  They don't own the track. They have to convince RailTrack to make the
> infrastucture changes to support higher speed operation. RailTrack appear
> to be to busy trying to milk access charges than to actually maintain
> any thing. (Sounds like NSW....)

Sounds like RailTrack is ran by a bank.

-Ben Smith

References:
- Connex set to lose UK rail franchise
  - From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
- Re: Connex set to lose UK rail franchise
  - From: Chris Bell <c.bell@latrobe.edu.au>
- Re: Connex set to lose UK rail franchise
  - From: matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au (Matthew Geier)

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