Sentence examples for running railways from inspiring English sources
What does someone from the aviation industry know about running railways?
When it was BR, salaries for area managers were quite modest, and there were training schemes so that managers actually knew something about running railways.
The failure of this procurement certainly does not lead to the conclusion that government should become even more directly involved: rather it reinforces the old adage that governments are not good at running railways.
The M&GN may not have had much of a talent for running railways, but it spotted an opportunity for redeveloping a coastline of fishing villages marooned in the middle ages into what it hoped would be a playground for its clients – the weary miners and hosiery workers of the East Midlands.
But Transport Secretary Theresa Villiers said that the fare increases were necessary in the short-term to achieve the government's long-term goal of bringing down the cost of running railways.
Rail minister Theresa Villiers has said the fare increases are necessary in the short-term to achieve the government's goal of bringing down the cost of running railways and making services less dependent on taxpayers.
Many critics praised the originality of the title character's song in the first act about the head of a railway company, which may have been a joke about the Duke of Sutherland, "who was fond of running railway engines".
"Alliances are the way we are trying to run railways now," says Robin Gisby of Network Rail.
This investor would be given a concession to run railways in a simple area of the country where there are only a few train companies in operation.
The company, which runs railways, prisons and out-of-hours GP services, said in a trading update that it was sticking with expectations for full-year financial performance.
Related: 'UK's crazy franchising system is not a viable way to run railways' While Labour has committed to HS2 – along with all main parties except Ukip and the Greens – it differs on franchising.
