Rail privatisation 20 years on: costing taxpayer £1.2bn a year unions say

James Evison

05 November 2013

As activists held protests at train stations across the country on the 20-year anniversary of the Railways Act today - which paved the way for the privatisation of the network - research carried out by the rail unions suggests privatisation is costing the UK taxpayer £1.2bn a year.

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