Date: 15/02/2012
Ministers plan to end an anomaly, exposed by The Daily Telegraph last year, which allows train firms that also own bus companies to receive grants for providing alternative road services when stretches of the rail network are down. There has been growing anger at a practice known as “bustitution” - which has seen train operators pocket millions of pounds from days of disruption while their passengers endure longer journeys. Train firms receive compensation from Network Rail when their lines are unavailable, but passengers forced onto bus services are usually unable to claim a partial refund for the delay. [From Mark Bartlett]
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Rail operators will no longer be allowed to make money from forcing passengers onto replacement buses at the weekend, under new Government plans.
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