Go-Ahead Group has been re-awarded the contract to run the UK's largest rail network, despite being fined £23.5m for what the Government called an "appalling breach of trust" only last week.
The Newcastle-based group's Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) joint venture - of which it is the majority owner - has again been handed the contract to run the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern rail services by the Department for Transport (DfT).
GTR has run the services since 2014, managing 235 stations and employing 7,400 people. The new contract will earn the firm a fixed management fee of £8.8m a year, with additional performance fees of up to £22.9m.
