Rail Franchises, Competition and Public Service.
Abstract: The use of franchises to deliver rail services has raised major problems. Franchises restrict competition in the market, whilst competitive bidding for franchises has met with difficulties, notably in relation to risk transfer and the recent use of short‐term contracts that have not been a...
| Publicado en: | Modern Law Review Vol. 81; no. 1; pp. 23 - 51 |
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