Future
The Northern franchise is due for renewal on 1 April 2014. In August 2011 the Secretary of State for Transport announced that the First TransPennine Express franchise termination date could be moved to align with that of Northern, giving the Department for Transport the option to combine or restructure both franchises.
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Famous quotes containing the word future:
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—G.C. (Georg Christoph)
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