Date: 27/09/2011

Rail travel is 'a moral issue' and the government must do more to protect customers, a former Labour transport secretary has said. Lord Adonis told a meeting at the Labour conference that train companies must not be allowed to degrade services once they had taken on a franchise. [From Mark Bartlett]

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Rail 'a moral issue', says Adonis

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Former Labour transport secretary Lord Adonis said the government must protect customers from train firms who try to worsen services.