Cross Country Railway Line
(asked on 26th January 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the (a) negotiations and (b) consultation on the Cross Country franchise direct award to begin.
This question was answered on 2nd February 2015
Our current franchising programme envisages a directly awarded franchise will be awarded to Cross Country when the current franchise expires in October 2016. Discussions regarding this will commence later this year and we will engage fully with all relevant stakeholder groups as well as passenger groups as part of these discussions.