'Carry on up the east coast'- A case study in railway franchising

Public Money and Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-130

  McCartney, Sean ^a   Stittle, John ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79951798350     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.560709     Document Type: Article

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