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Post by donc on Aug 14, 2019 7:07:45 GMT
FirstGroup in partnership with Trenitalia have won the franchise for the West Coast Mainline from 8 December this year until 2026 and a second franchise will start in 2027 until 2031 which will including HS2. The company says it will refurbish the 56 Pendolino trains. www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49341772
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Post by duncan on Aug 14, 2019 7:14:24 GMT
FirstGroup in partnership with Trenitalia have won the franchise for the West Coast Mainline from 8 December this year until 2026 and a second franchise will start in 2027 until 2031 which will including HS2. The company says it will refurbish the 56 Pendolino trains. www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49341772Was always likely after Stagecoach were banned from future rail franchises due to repeated and ongoing pension issues.
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Post by donc on Aug 14, 2019 7:27:32 GMT
FirstGroup in partnership with Trenitalia have won the franchise for the West Coast Mainline from 8 December this year until 2026 and a second franchise will start in 2027 until 2031 which will including HS2. The company says it will refurbish the 56 Pendolino trains. www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49341772Was always likely after Stagecoach were banned from future rail franchises due to repeated and ongoing pension issues. Seems they interested firmly in train side of business now as article states they trying to flog bus operations off on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Post by tomtom11928 on Aug 14, 2019 18:19:40 GMT
Was always likely after Stagecoach were banned from future rail franchises due to repeated and ongoing pension issues. Seems they interested firmly in train side of business now as article states they trying to flog bus operations off on both sides of the Atlantic. Not in Britain though. They're going to try to carry on with the GWR franchise and the West Coast consortium but that's it. TransPennine is really struggling getting their new trains into service, and are fraught with other problems too.
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