LONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - UK train companies Go-Ahead
and FirstGroup said they had signed new
contracts with the government to keep running rail services for
the next 6-18 months, after earlier emergency pandemic measures
came to an end.
Under the new contracts, the government will pay the
companies to run services and the companies will not be exposed
to changes in passenger demand which has been kept low as people
avoided public transport during the pandemic.
(Reporting by Sarah Young; editing by Kate Holton)