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Cutting edge analysis of the issues which really matter
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Who should Ibump into the other day but billionaire industrialist Sir Jim Ratcliffe? With the draft Rail Reform Bill just published, the talk soon turned to railways, and I sought Sir Jim’s views on the likely timescale for the creation of Great British Railways, or the Integrated Rail Body (IRB) as the draft Bill has it.