European Railroad Discussion > The return of the London North Eastern Railway

As has been expected Stagecoach / Virgin have handed back the keys of the East Coast franchise after losing a mint of money (in excess of £200m if some reports are to be believed). Chris Grayling, the Transport Secretary, announced yesterday that a new publicly owned operation, London North Eastern Railway will take over from Virgin East Coast whilst a solution to this most troubled of franchises is sought. VEC is the third East Coast operator to throw in the towel after the expected revenue growth failed to materialise.

I await the release of a new Hitachi Azuma Intercity Express Train in imitation stained teak with interest.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/17/18 10:50 by 86235.

Already a Wiki page .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_North_Eastern_Railway_(train_operating_company)
Regards,DK

A long history of franchisees over bidding to stay ahead of other bidders.

No we are not sending "Dominion of Canada" back to rejoin the LNER roster........

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> No we are not sending "Dominion of Canada" back to
> rejoin the LNER roster........


:-))

Somebody help me with ridership here. Is this the most heavily travelled mainline in the UK?

No, West Coast carries almost twice as many passengers (35m v 20m)

I got my email today. They now have a website forming.

http://www.lner.co.uk/

Jim