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A sign advertising LNER, the new route operator for the East Coast Mainline
JEREMY CORBYN will join a rally outside Kings Cross today as campaigners picket stations to demand an end to the private rail racket after the East Coast Mainline was taken into “fake public ownership.”
The flagship London to Edinburgh route was taken over by a consortium led by the Engineering giant Arup yesterday, because the Tories have even privatised the vehicle for rescuing failed private operators.
New research by the We Own It campaign reveals today that Arup, in partnership with Ernst and Young and SNC-Lavalin, was paid over £2 million for advice about the line in the six months before the handover from private firms Stagecoach and Virgin.
The HS2 debacle exposes what happens when public infrastructure is handed to private contractors – especially when set against China’s state-led high-speed rail success, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
