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Debate between Nigel Huddleston and Lord Johnson of Marylebone
Thursday 24th May 2018
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Nigel Huddleston (Mid Worcestershire) (Con)
What consideration has been given to breaking off the North Cotswold line into a stand-alone franchise once the GWR franchise comes to an end?
Joseph Johnson
My hon. Friend has raised this with the Department and with me on a number of occasions, and we continue to look at it. It seems, though, that a stand-alone, North Cotswold-line-only franchise would potentially be too small to be sustainable in its own right, as it would be only a small fraction of the size of what is currently the smallest franchise in the network.