Anger as train firm boss awarded £1m share bonus amid strikes and railway chaos
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe boss of scandal-hit train firm Avanti's parent company has been awarded a £1m share bonus while passengers suffer chaos on the railways and strikes continue, it's been revealed.
Travellers on the West Coast main line battled a stripped-back timetable this week - and Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, said he would ask the new Prime Minister to strip Avanti West Coast of its contract if it doesn't produce an acceptable plan to improve their service.
The rail company last week announced that from Sunday it was cutting the number of trains between London Euston and Manchester from one every 20 minutes to one an hour “until further notice." One passenger locked inside a railway station due to a late arrival also had to scale a spiked fence at Oxenholme to get out - one of dozens trapped. READ MORE: Major police cordon after girl, 17, suffers 'serious sexual assault' Yet FirstGroup chief executive Graham Sutherland was given 972,590 shares on Thursday under the firm’s long-term incentive plan, reports The Mirror.
He will be able to cash in the bonus after five years, “subject to satisfaction of performance conditions and continued employment”.
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