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RMT calls for levy on record rolling stock company profits
The three main rolling stock companies (ROSCOs) who own over 70 per cent of Britain’s trains Angel, Eversholt and Porterbrook paid out a record £390 million in dividends to their shareholders in 2025.
At the same time the three chief ROSCO...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, ROSCO's, Rolling Stock Companies, Levy
RMT welcomes government pledge to own train rolling stock under public ownership
Under rail privatisation Railway Rolling Stock Companies (ROSCOs), which leases trains to the network at hugely inflated prices, became a byword for profiteering and currently remain in place.
Last year dividends paid out by ROSCO Angel Trains to its owners...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, Rolling Stock, ROSCO,
Levy profits of privateer train owners, says RMT
Eversholt which owns much of the UK’s rail rolling stock has recently announced that it has paid a dividend of £200 million, up from £60 million the previous year.
Combined with the £111 million dividends already announced by another train owner,...
Region: National
Tagged with: RMT, Eddie Dempsey, ROSCO's, Rolling Stock Companies,
Rail rolling stock company turns taxpayers’ money into dividends
Angel Trains, one of the three ROSCOs who lease trains to the train operating companies, has a parent company registered in the tax haven Jersey, named Willow Topco but, as a result, it’s difficult to see it’s accounts.
However, on...
Region: National
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