The sooner they do the same to the west coast the better i don't use the train but my son does and often phones me to tell me the early morning train has been cancelled or is running late.
Rail services on the East Coast Main Line are being brought back under government control, following the failure of the current franchise.
Operators Stagecoach and Virgin Trains will hand over control from 24 June.
The Department for Transport will run the service until a new public-private partnership can be appointed in 2020.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said it would smooth the transition to a new operator, but critics said it was evidence of private sector failure.
Mr Grayling said the franchise had failed because Stagecoach and Virgin Trains had "got their bid wrong", overestimating the profitability of the line.
It is the third time in a just over a decade that the government has called a halt to the East Coast franchise.
BBC News - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44142258
Rail services on the East Coast Main Line are being brought back under government control, following the failure of the current franchise.
Operators Stagecoach and Virgin Trains will hand over control from 24 June.
The Department for Transport will run the service until a new public-private partnership can be appointed in 2020.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said it would smooth the transition to a new operator, but critics said it was evidence of private sector failure.
Mr Grayling said the franchise had failed because Stagecoach and Virgin Trains had "got their bid wrong", overestimating the profitability of the line.
It is the third time in a just over a decade that the government has called a halt to the East Coast franchise.
BBC News - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44142258
