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Stagecoach and Virgin win East Coast mainline rail franchise
A joint venture between Stagecoach and Virgin has won the franchise to run the East Coast mainline rail route.
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Thursday, 27 November 2014
BBC News
- Stagecoach and Virgin win East Coast mainline rail franchiseA joint venture between Stagecoach and Virgin has won the franchise to run the East Coast mainline rail route.
- Translink 'committed' to rail lineAn hourly train service from Londonderry to Belfast is a 'priority', says Translink.
ITV News
- Virgin Trains and Stagecoach to run East Coast main lineA consortium involving Virgin Trains and Stagecoach will run the East Coast main line franchise from next year.
Financial Times
- CompaniesStagecoach secures East Coast rail franchisePlanning a train journey from London to Scotland by train? Then you'll need to look no further than Stagecoach and Virgin in the future. The Perth-based transport group and its partner have seen off competition from rival FirstGroup and a consortium led by
The Telegraph
- Stagecoach and Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Trains to run East Coast Main LineHowever, the business in charge of the East Coast line, Inter City Railways, will be 90pc owned by Stagecoach and the remainder by Virgin. Virgin Rail Group, the joint business that operates the West Coast Line, is 51pc owned by Sir Richard Branson
Mail Online
- East Coast rail franchise chosenA consortium involving Sir Richard Branson's train company Virgin Trains has been chosen to run the East Coast main line franchise from next year
Birmingham Mail
- Lorry hits Erdington railway bridge causing rush hour travel chaos The vehicle crashed into a bridge on Summer Road in Erdington at around 3.20pm and got stuck. The road was blocked between Machin Road and South Road
London Evening Standard
- The only way is Essex: super-fast Crossrail links to some of the cheapest homes commuters can buy Essex, which has some of the best-value homes commuters can buy, is set to gain a super-fast Crossrail link to the City, West End and Heathrow.
Manchester Evening News
- Metrolink hauls eight under-18s before courts for dodging tram fares - and hits them with £1,700 in finesCompany says convictions are part of a bigger crackdown, including talks in schools on how a criminal conviction can jeopardise future success
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
- Rail Minister to visit Newcastle as East Coast takeover deal imminent Markets suggest that French consortium set to take over the running of the popular line from Edinburgh to London
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
- New strategy for trains in south and westA Network Rail and South West Trains alliance has revealed a new blueprint, the Wessex Route Plan, to tackle overcrowding and delays on train services from Waterloo to the south and west of England. These include running double-decker trains along the routes, sections of which have been described as some of the most congested in the UK by the operators. Furthermore, growth in demand for main line services is expected to rise by 40 per cent over the next 30 years. Other proposals involve new high-speed trains, flyovers at Woking and Basingstoke, electrification of the Waterloo to Salisbury line...
Railnews
- Stagecoach, Virgin win East Coast franchiseA PARTNERSHIP of Stagecoach and Virgin Trains has been awarded the East Coast franchise, after almost a year of consideration by the Department for Transport.
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