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« Reply #15 on: June 01, 2025, 18:35:31 »
Quote from: ChrisB on May 31, 2025, 11:32:04
GBR▸ (Great British Railways) doesn't actually exist yet, so there won't have been anyone from GBR present

GBR does very much exist, it is just not a fully established as yet, 2026 / 27 is the plan for the establishment of GBR
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« Reply #16 on: June 01, 2025, 19:50:30 »
Quote from: ChrisB on May 31, 2025, 11:32:04
GBR▸ (Great British Railways) doesn't actually exist yet, so there won't have been anyone from GBR present

Over £100 million spent so far on something that "doesn't actually exist yet", well, this is the railway I guess..........one is almost tempted to ask "ooooooooos gonna pay for it?"

(The answer of course being straightforward......the taxpayer)
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« Reply #17 on: June 01, 2025, 21:26:42 »
Quote from: Electric train on June 01, 2025, 18:35:31
Quote from: ChrisB on May 31, 2025, 11:32:04
GBR▸ (Great British Railways) doesn't actually exist yet, so there won't have been anyone from GBR present

GBR does very much exist, it is just not a fully established as yet, 2026 / 27 is the plan for the establishment of GBR

So it doesn’t yet exist (as a physical entity, employing people with an office). I think that is what I meant & I also think you know that
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