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Simon Calder

Britain’s railways ‘not fit for purpose’ and ‘financially unsustainable’, transport secretary warns

Simon Calder

Britain’s railways are “not fit for purpose” and “financially unsustainable”, the transport secretary has said.

In the annual George Bradshaw Address in London on Tuesday, Mark Harper described the railways currently as “mired in industrial action” and “historically unable to deliver major improvements at good value for the taxpayer”.

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