Rail 'disarray' after DfT blunders

Future Government rail plans have been thrown completely off track after ministers scrapped a deal which would have seen Sir Richard Branson's train company lose its West Coast franchise.

Sir Richard had mounted a legal challenge to the decision by the Department for Transport (DfT) to award a new 13-year franchise for the West Coast not to Virgin Rail but to rival transport company FirstGroup.
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