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Saturday, November 21, 2009 11:35 PM

Published 11/03/2009 by Telegraph


National Express poised to return East Coast rail franchise

National Express is to hand back its troublesome East Coast rail franchise next month, with unions believing December 12 is the date set for its return to state control. By Alistair Osborne Published: 7:46PM GMT 03 Nov 2009 The rail and bus group's failure to honour a 1..

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East Coast rail link plans submitted
01/11/2009 | Channel: Infrastructure, New Products & ServicesA multimillion pound rail link which will help reduce delays and allow extra trains to travel to and ... - [11/04/2009 - Railway Strategies]
East Coast franchise to be given makeover for p...
One of the country's biggest rail franchises will come under public ownership on December 12, with a new name and upgraded uniform for staff, it was revealed yesterday.National ... - [11/04/2009 - Yorkshire Post]
East Coast handover planned for 12 December
A new logo has been designed for East CoastThe National Express East Coast franchise is set to be taken over by the Department for Transport on 12 December.An internal ... - [11/03/2009 - Railnews UK]

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...director, said: "It's not getting any worse but I'm not calling any recovery yet."
National Express poised to return East Coast rail franchise [Telegraph - 11/03/2009]

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