Ashurst and Addleshaws On Board as DfT Railway Contracts Crisis Deepens
A consortium made up of Virgin Trains, Stagecoach and French operater SNCF are launching legal action against the Department for Transport over contracts.
May 29, 2019 at 04:16 AM
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Ashurst and Addleshaw Goddard have picked up mandates on a railway contract dispute plaguing the Department for Transport (DfT), after a consortium made up of Virgin Trains, Stagecoach and French operator SNCF launched fresh legal action last week (May 24).
The consortium, West Coast Trains Partnership, is vying to overturn a decision that disqualified it from bidding to operate the west coast railway franchise.
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