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GTR keeps Thameslink at a cost

THE Department for Transport has judged there is little to gain by removing the Thameslink franchise from Govia, which is 65% owned by UK transport company Go-Ahead, on the grounds that it would cause further and undue disruption for passengers.

The DfT has, however, imposed

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