This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Strip Arriva/Deutsche Bahn of Northern Rail franchise.
As reported by the Telegraph on in November 2018, Northern Rail has seen a taxpayer bailout of more than £282 million. With ticket prices rising yet again, no improvement to the often overcrowded, delayed or cancelled services have been seen for many people who rely on these services.
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RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said:
“Arriva Rail North, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, is a basket case rail franchise sucking up well over a quarter of a billion pounds a year in public bail-outs while wrecking service standards, ripping up the safety rule book and threatening to throw the guards off over half their trains."
https://www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-demands-that-arriva-be-stripped-of-northern-franchise/
Arriva North have had their chance. They haven't served the public well, and yet receive public money. It's time for them to lose the franchise.
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