Nuclear body's bid to run trains
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Your support makes all the difference.Passenger trains could be run by the organisation responsible for cleaning up after Britain's nuclear-power industry.
Freight operator Direct Rail Services, a subsidiary of the state-owned Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, has held talks with Cumbria County Council over the plan for the coastal line between Barrow and Carlisle.
It is one of a number of possible partners that could replace Northern Rail, the existing franchise holder, in a bid to help the Government to cut the annual £4bn subsidy it gives the railways.
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