North-West England

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 14 January 1991.

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Photo of Mr Roger Freeman Mr Roger Freeman , Kettering 12:00, 14 January 1991

In our judgment there is nothing inconsistent between asking InterCity to make a profit—to earn revenue in excess of operating costs; it is one of the few railway systems in the world to achieve that—and the provision of a quality service. Of course that is not possible for regional railways and is currently not possible for Network SouthEast. However, it is possible for InterCity.