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Record number of Open Access bids for limited train paths

Grand Central 180110 passes St Neots (Cambridgeshire) on December 6 2023. The company is seeking additional stops at Peterborough and new paths to Yorkshire locations. ALAMY.

Open Access - the operation of passenger rail services without public subsidy - faces an uncertain future, because of a lack of space on already congested main lines and problems with acquiring new rolling stock.

These are among the findings of a new report from the Office of Rail and Road, which currently has a record total of seven applications in its in-tray.




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