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What future for price competition as franchising ends?
One of the conundrums facing Great British Railways (GBR) is how to deal with price competition between different operators. The original privatisation structure encouraged this, and one way Train Operating Companies could increase their profitability was by introducing lower fares between stations primarily served by another company; In many parts of the country there is. The post What future for price competition as franchising ends? appeared first on Cogitamus.
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