Some travellers report that they have heard the odd announcement through the speakers at Slaithwaite and Marsden, others wonder whether after 6 months now might be the time when Northern Rail can afford to buy new batteries. One might not mind too much, but timekeeping seems to be slipping again, one never knows when the train might turn up, if at all.
One really has to wonder if SERCO and it’s partner company Netherlands Rail are fit for purpose. But perhaps the successor to Lord Adonis will have fresh ideas about how to run a railway. Meanwhile SERCO posts even higher profits in it’s recent accounts for the financial year 2009. The companies profits rose by 34% to £194.7 million.