http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Rail Caledonin Sleeper - Recent Topics en Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:40:05 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12874#post-154934 Wed, 28 May 2014 09:24:35 +0000 Morningsider 154934@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>SERCO has been awarded the 15 year long contract to run the Caledonian Sleeper. </p> <p>The same SERCO that is being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office for swindling the UK Government out of tens of millions of pounds through a prisoner tagging contract, that is being looked at by the UK Parliament over claims of systemic sexual assaults by some staff at the Yarls Wood immigration detention centre it manages and is slowly running the Northlink Ferries contract into the ground.</p> <p>Still, apparently they run very nice luxury trains in Australia, so that's okay.</p> <p>Just remember, among all the talk of new trains for the sleeper - that it is the taxpayer that is paying for these, not SERCO. </p>