Telegrammed by Leo Pink
The Government's response to the Franchising Consultation appears to mark a clean break with the policies of the discredited Major, Blair and Brown years.
Or so it would appear from this:
- A significant part of revenue growth that has occurred on past franchises has been due to macroeconomic growth rather than solely a result of good management on the part of the operator.
And then there is this:
- Demand growth is largely outside an operator’s control.
And best of all this:
- The devolution of rail services in Merseyside and London has had an extremely positive effect on patronage.
Should we read this as an apology from Petrol-head and his Marsham Street minions?