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Rail unions label Grayling's railway review a ‘fix’
The investigation's head says an independent ‘fat controller’ should run Britain's railways, not the Department for Transport
An actor portraying the ‘fat controller’ watches Thomas the Tank Engine drive pass

RAIL unions have slammed the government’s railway review as a “fix” after the investigation’s head suggested the government should not be running Britain’s struggling privatised railways.

Keith Williams, who is carrying out a review of Britain’s railways for the government, told the BBC that a new, independent “fat controller” style figure should be in charge of the railways, and that the Department for Transport should not manage it.

He also indicated that a railway franchise should last longer than the current average of seven to eight years.

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