Northern Rail set to collapse in 'months', transport secretary Grant Shapps claims
The Northern Rail franchise is expected to collapse in "a number of months", the Transport Secretary has claimed.
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Speaking in the House of Commons today (January 9), Mr Shapps said the government could nationalise the under-fire firm.
All trains currently run by Northern – which operates of South Yorkshire and Derbyshire – would then be controlled by a government-owned company.
The possibility of giving Northern franchise holders Arriva Rail North a ‘short-term management’ contract allowing them to continue running the trains was also mentioned.
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