Virgin to continue running services in the short term
Plans for the future of the West Coast main line contract have been revealed
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Virgin will keep running West Cast mainline temporarily
The Department of Transport has announced that Virgin trains will continue running the west Coast mainline for up to the next 13 months.
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FirstGroup disappointed over Department for Transport's decision
– Statement from FirstGroup"We were notified late last night that the Department for Transport has apparently discovered significant technical flaws in the way its franchise process for the InterCity West Coast was conducted and has consequently cancelled the competition for this franchise.
"Until this point we had absolutely no indication that there were any issues with the franchise letting process and had received assurances from the DfT that its processes were robust and that it expected to sign the contract with FirstGroup soon. We are extremely disappointed to learn this news."
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