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TRAIN passengers were warned yesterday that fare rises and service cuts are certain if Con-Dem plans to hand a third of English railways to French companies steam ahead.
Campaigners rose early to take part in Action for Rail protests at stations across London and the south-east against the creation of a giant new private rail franchise.
Tory Transport Secretary Patrick McLaughlin has already signed-off a contract for Govia — owned by privateer Go Ahead and French state-backed Keolis — to run Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern railways.
Sexual harassment on Britain’s railways is rising sharply, according to the British Transport Police, yet too many women still feel reporting is futile. LYNNE WALSH asks why the burden of safety all too often remains on women themselves
