Transport Minister to face West Coast Mainline quiz
A Government minister and his department boss are due to face a grilling from MPs over the fiasco surrounding the West Coast rail franchise.
Virgin to run West Coast route for another few months
Rail operator Virgin has been asked to continue running the troubled West Coast Main Line for another few months.
West Coast Main Line 'shambles', say unions
The Government is about to give an 18-month contract to Virgin to carry on running services on the West Coast Main Line.
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Transport Minister to face West Coast Mainline quiz
A Government minister and his department boss are due to face a grilling from MPs over the fiasco surrounding the West Coast rail franchise.
Read the full storyVirgin to run West Coast route for another few months
Rail operator Virgin has been asked to continue running the troubled West Coast Main Line for another few months.
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Virgin's interim franchise agreement
Rail operator Virgin has been asked to continue running the troubled West Coast Main Line for another few months, the Government said today.
The temporary fix has been proposed by the Department for Transport after its embarrassing U-turn over the award of a new franchise earlier this month.
Virgin's current franchise is due to end on December 9 but talks are under way about it remaining as operator for between nine and 13 months while a competition is run for an interim franchise agreement.
Virgin to run West Coast Main Line for the immediate future
Virgin Rail is in talks with the Government about running the West Coast Main Line for another few months, the Department of Transport said today.
West Coast Main Line 'shambles', say unions
The Government is about to give an 18-month contract to Virgin to carry on running services on the West Coast Main Line.
Read the full storyCalls to re-nationalise West Coast Main Line
Rail campaigners will stage protests today to press for the renationalisation of the West Coast Main Line
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Transport select committee to hold inquiry into West Coast Mainline contract on October 31
– Louise Ellman MP, House of Commons Transport Committee chairmanThe Department for Transport has many serious questions to answer about what went wrong with the West Coast Main Line franchise competition and the wider ramifications for the other complex contractual negotiations it is involved in, such as the Thameslink rolling stock procurement.
I have written to the Secretary of State to find out more about the reviews he has ordered, the staff who have been suspended and the reporting lines to ministers ahead of the hearing we will hold on October 31.
Branson invited to put Virgin's West Coast case to MPs
Sir Richard Branson has been invited to put his case for retaining Virgin Trains' West Coast main line franchise to MPs.
Read the full storyWest Coast mainline re-opened after fatal collision
#Leyland the line has now reopened and services will be on the move shortly #fb
From @NRE_Virgin on Twitter:Network Rail update on delays to Westcoast Mainline after fatal collision
NEW: Delays between Preston and Wigan North Western until further notice. A person has been hit by a train ... http://t.co/vvtrhLHW #fb
From @NRE_Virgin on Twitter:#Leyland Virgin trains are running buses between Preston, Wigan North Western, Warrington bank Quay and Crewe #fb
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