UK government splashes over fifty million on Network Rail replacement

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Doncaster for GBR HQ did not quite work out as planned Simon Walton

There has been a predictably critical response to the revelation that the UK government has already spent over fifty million pounds (around 60 million euro) on its plan to replace Network Rail with a new overarching management agency for track and trains. An investigation by a specialist media title found that the Department for Transport (DfT) has already spent 52.3 million pounds to establish Great British Railways (GBR), with little more to show for it than a cheesy video with the former transport secretary Grant Shapps, who currently serves as the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero.

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UK government splashes over fifty million on Network Rail replacement

Redundant sign for Doncaster for GBR HQ lying on floor
Doncaster for GBR HQ did not quite work out as planned Simon Walton

There has been a predictably critical response to the revelation that the UK government has already spent over fifty million pounds (around 60 million euro) on its plan to replace Network Rail with a new overarching management agency for track and trains. An investigation by a specialist media title found that the Department for Transport (DfT) has already spent 52.3 million pounds to establish Great British Railways (GBR), with little more to show for it than a cheesy video with the former transport secretary Grant Shapps, who currently serves as the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero.

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