Keep East Coast main line in public hands, says York MP
Rail services on the East Coast main line should not be returned to the private sector, a York MP has said.
Services on the Yorkshire to London line have been run by a publicly owned company since National Express handed back the franchise to the Government in 2009.
Today in the Commons, York Central MP Hugh Bayley urged ministers to_ _"look at the feasibility of running a public sector franchise on the East Coast for a period to compare like-for-like with a private franchise on the West Coast line".
Rail minister Simon Burns said that details of future franchises would be announced "in the spring of this year".
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