WHERE THE MONEY GOES

摘要

One of the biggest talking points whenever the subject of rail privatisation is discussed is the amount of money it costs and how much of that can be honestly considered to have been 'wasted'. Although the Government will not divulge the amounts Arriva or Virgin bid for the Cross Country franchise due to confidentiality clauses - not even under the so-called Freedom of Information Art - leaked reports indicate that the difference in the bid was roughly £20m ... and The RM has since been informed by an extremely powerful and influential industry figure that the true amount was actually considerably less than that!