Government publishes West Coast Franchise

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laresFri 20/01/12 22:32

"RAIL UNION RMT warned this morning that the tender documents for the West Coast route issued this morning will allow train operators to cut and reduce services to maximise profits and contains the first concrete written confirmation from Government that fares can increase by RPI plus 8% in 2013 and 2014.

The West Coast route will be tendered specifically on the McNulty Rail Review commercial criteria - pre-empting the Governments long-awaited command paper and making a mockery of the Parliamentary process.

A buried section of the invitation to tender says:

"The current regulated fares policy will be applied to the InterCity West Coast franchise.

All fares ....will be subject to a fares policy, which increases the

permitted aggregate value of the fares baskets by RPI+1% in 2012, by RPI+3% for the

years 2013 and 2014 and by RPI+1 thereafter. Increases in individual fares are limited to

no more than RPI+1% +5% year-on-year in 2012 and RPI+3% +5% year-on-year for the

years 2013 and 2014. Bidders should assume that increases in individual fares are limited

to RPI+1+5% thereafter."

'Other fares will be unregulated, and may be priced or varied at the commercial discretion

of the operator, subject to the normal constraints of the Ticketing & Settlement Agreement

and other industry arrangements.'

RMT General Secretary Bob Crow said:

'The West Coast tender documents make it clear that this Government intends to crash on with its policy of making the railways a 'rich man's toy' - allowing the bidders for the gold-plated franchise to alter timetables and reduce capacity to maximise profits.

'Fares will be jacked up at the operators 'commercial discretion' bleeding the travelling public dry and leading to double digit increases to line the pockets of the train companies.'"

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markonseaFri 20/01/12 22:52

Did I read somewhere about rail experts from across the world flocking to the UK to learn how to run a railway for the maximum benefit of its passengers and the country it serves?

No, didn't think I did.

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