To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department agreed short lease premiums with rolling stock leasing companies as part of the national rail contracts agreed with (a) Chiltern Railway and (b) Govia Thameslink Railway.
Answered on
18 October 2022
Chiltern Railways and Govia Thameslink Railway were responsible for negotiating the terms of the leasing arrangements with the owners of the rolling stock deployed on their networks.
The Department issued consent for the operators to enter into the respective contractual arrangements, the detail of which is commercially confidential.
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Department for Transport
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