http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Two-year delay in controversial plan to privatise East Coast rail franchise" en Thu, 21 May 2026 15:07:16 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3574#post-268207 Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:22:49 +0000 chdot 268207@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My bold -</p> <p>“</p> <p>Instead, Vtec is likely to pay a fraction of that sum, with the bulk of payments due in the final years of the franchise.</p> <p>The firm signalled that it also expects its payments for the next three years to be cut. In the first full year of operation, it paid £204m. <strong>Shares in Stagecoach jumped 12% on the news.</strong></p> <p>“ </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3574#post-268203 Wed, 29 Nov 2017 18:08:42 +0000 jonty 268203@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>WHAT</p> <p>I had to double check that I wasn't misunderstanding this somehow. Totally absurd. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3574#post-268198 Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:21:28 +0000 I were right about that saddle 268198@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/29/east-coast-rail-franchise-terminated-three-years-early-virgin-trains">Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel. Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel. Like a snowball down a mountain, or a carnival balloon. Like a carousel that's turning running rings around the moon.</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3574#post-37455 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:34:15 +0000 kaputnik 37455@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wonder if Olympics has anything to do with decision making? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3574#post-37450 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:02:28 +0000 chdot 37450@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/two-year-delay-in-controversial-plan-to-privatise-east-coast-rail-franchise-1.1116102" rel="nofollow">http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/two-year-delay-in-controversial-plan-to-privatise-east-coast-rail-franchise-1.1116102</a> </p>