Submitted on Wednesday 15th August 2012
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Reevaluate government award of North West rail franchise
FirstGroup has been awarded the franchise of the west coast mainline merely on financial grounds and the company will have to find £390m of excess profits each year to give back to the Transport Department. The RMT trade union warned that First were considering decreasing the running costs on the line through severe cuts to onboard catering - of about 20% -to achieve their higher premium payments .FirstGroup's shares fell by 9.5% on 15 August, the day the deal was announced.
The business model underlying FirstGroup 's bid is problematic and may result in ticket prices increases and decreased customer service shortly after the beginning of the franchise period. Sadly, passengers will be the ones who will have to pay and suffer the consequences of an ill-founded choice if this happens.
If you wish that the bid be reevaluated and FirstGroup make their business plan explicit and accountable to the public, sign this petition.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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