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Welsh railways on track for nationalisation
Hart confirms government not-for-profit plans

WALES’S “Marxist” transport minister confirmed yesterday that she’s put the country’s railways on the track to public ownership. 

Edwina Hart announced that the Welsh government is establishing a not-for-profit company that could run routes currently operated by privateer Arriva. 

In a written statement, she said the “wholly owned subsidiary” would help to create a “more effective integrated transport system in Wales.”

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