Hitch in rail privitisation

LONDON - Britain's rail privatisation plans hit new trouble last night when a train operating company was told it had been rejected…

LONDON - Britain's rail privatisation plans hit new trouble last night when a train operating company was told it had been rejected - four days after it should have run one of the first private sector trains. An announcement that the management buy out team for LTS Rail had come to the end of the line emerged after ticket irregularities had been found.

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