Sentences with phrase «line rail franchise»
The abandoned west coast main line rail franchise could be followed by the scrapping of the Department for Transport's controversial planned high speed rail network linking London with Birmingham, its opponents are hoping.
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Sir Richard Branson's company, which successfully fought the government's initial decision to award the franchise to rival train operator First Group, has cut a deal with ministers which will see Virgin Rail run the lucrative train line until the end of 2014.
On the publicly run East Coast rail franchise, seventy - nine per cent of passengers are satisfied that there is sufficient room on trains, compared to an average of 67 % across all rail lines.
Corbyn said he would take each line back into public ownership when the franchise expired and improve Network Rail assets through a national investment bank, partly funded by quantitative easing.