First West Coast

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RE: First West Coast
Now that First have succeeded Virgin for the next West Coast franchise, there will only be 9 participants in the franchised railway. These are Stagecoach, FirstGroup, DB-Arriva, National Express, Go-Ahead, SNCF (Via-GTI), Abellio, Serco and MTR. All franchises will be part or fully run by national bus companies or foreign bus companies, if not both.