Northern Trains Ltd

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RE: Northern Trains Ltd

(25/09/2020 08:11)507022 Wrote:  The same thing happened with TPE before their new trains came in. Unfortunately, with franchisees probably offering minimum costs to get the franchises which would mean minimum numbers of staff, something had to give when faced with the training required for the new trains.

I thought Arriva's bid was the middle option, with Govia's bid being the bare minimum - offering what was required and no more, Arriva offering a bit more for additional cost with Abellio promising a lot more new trains (and a lot more DCO.)