How can the Southern rail fiasco be solved? Look to John Lewis | David Boyle
Nationalisation won’t work. Govia needs to be replaced with a new co-operative franchise that balances the needs of passengers and staff
• David Boyle is an author
Hours before the deadline set by the courts in the judicial review case brought by the Association of British Commuters, transport secretary Chris Grayling has made his decision. Govia Thameslink Railway is to be fined £13.4m for failing to keep to a contract worth £8.9bn over seven years, to run Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express.
Related: Southern rail: unions say £13.4m fine is ‘less than a slap on the wrist’
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Source: Guardian Transport
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