Rail franchise fiasco has cost the Treasury £247m, claims…
A railway workers union claims that the 23-month contract extension handed to First Great Western has cost the Treasury £247 million in lost income.

The RMT claims to have unearthed figures revealing the true cost of the interim deal, which it described as a “shambles” which has “robbed” taxpayers.

FirstGroup’s First Great Western train company was last month told it could keep the franchise to run trains from London into Wales and the South West for another two years. The original…

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