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Why there are not enough carriages BASICALLY, East Midlands won the right to run the Liverpool to Norwich line from Central Trains. Central Trains submitted low passenger figures to the Government so, when they lost the bid to East Midlands, they were able to hand only half the carriages needed over. New carriages were then ordered from the carriage leasing company. However, the leasing company had a 90% share of the leasing market and made £175 Million with this monopoly position. Thinking this seemed a bit excessive the Government called for an investigation of the carriage leasing industry. Confidence in carriage production then stalled, delays occurred, leaving passengers standing high and dry. East Midlands hiding the factsEast Midlands has a legal contract to provide a service. However, they only have to communicate late/cancelled trains. Their website ‘faults with service’ page never mentions the incomplete trains they send us. So no penalty and no action. The millions of Government money East Midlands should have spent leasing carriages is presumably going straight to shareholders. By right you should be able to claim compensation. See this page. |
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