最近重新国有化的英国铁路网可能会被迫出售其交通部门的电信网络工作。
和Vodafone等私营提供商可以提供无线网络服务并向火车司机传输信号信息。通过一个长期的交通运输合同来外包或出售经营权是其交通部门计划的一部分。
铁路网的消息人士告诉《独立报》说，“仍然可以保留这部分工作，但公司内部的一个观点是，铁路网太大，他们不认为这是一个核心业务。”
预计在今年夏天将作出最终决定。
英文原文：
Network Rail may Sell Telecommunications Rights
Recently renationalised Network Rail may be forced to sell its telecoms work to the Department for Transport (DfT).
Private sector providers such as O2, BT and Vodafone could begin providing Wi-Fi services and transmitting signalling information to train drivers, as part of plans brought about by the DfT to either outsource the rights through a long-term travel and transport contract or sell them off entirely.
A Network Rail source told the Independent that “the work could still be kept in-house, but one of the views at DfT is that Network Rail is too big – and they don’t think this is a core business.”
A final decision is expected this summer.
