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Unions hit out at profiteering train owners as Porterbrook's boss paid £1.4m
Commuters walk along a platform at Waterloo train station in London, March 6, 2023

TRAIN owners are fleecing the public purse, unions have warned, after reports that one paid out a dividend of £150m last year.

Company accounts show Porterbrook gave out the “eye-watering” sum to its parent company, Porterbrook Leasing.

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