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Co-operative company gets go-ahead to launch West Country rail service

Rhodri Clark
29 November 2024
Go-op will use Class 153 units, which can operate singly or in multiple
Go-op will use Class 153 units, which can operate singly or in multiple
 

Fourteen years after it first announced plans to operate passenger trains, Go-op Co- operative Ltd has been given permission to introduce services on several West Country lines. The company will first have to fund enhancements at eight level crossings.

Go-op was founded in 2009 and is based in Taunton. In April 2010, it unveiled plans to launch services from 2011 between Yeovil and the Midlands. In 2019, director and secretary Alex Lawrie told the lowimpact.org website that the company had been...

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