Failed rail bosses get pay rise of nearly half despite commuter travel misery
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mirror.co.ukFailed rail firm Northern upped its bosses’ pay by nearly HALF as passengers faced misery during the timetabling crisis. Accounts published just two days after the franchise was taken back into Government control last Sunday show bosses received an eyewatering increase of nearly £200,000.
That took total pay to £596,000 – including £248,000 for managing director David Brown. Northern’s fatcats were rewarded while they presided over one of history’s worst-ever timetable fiascos in 2018.
Thousands of services were cancelled – with 165 a day cut to areas including Manchester, Liverpool, Blackpool and the Lake District – as passengers endured crammed trains in the week and chaotic Sundays.
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