Rail Franchising - The Future

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RE: Rail Franchising - The Future

(04/10/2012 13:51)507009 Wrote:  

(04/10/2012 11:39)wirralbus Wrote:  East Coast looking at those PPM figures is also erratic as well , that is uncontestable .

Indeed, and noticeably worse than NXEC as well, as pointed out earlier. For all the shouting about renationalisation, for a government run operator like East Coast to perform worse than what was widely considered a poor TOC in NXEC hardly fills you with confidence.

But the comparison is between a State owned TOC and Virgin, not between NXEC and East Coast.

Virgin has had billions pumped into it, and is no better than East Coast who are doing just as well (if not better) than Virgin with far less investment AND has the profits going to the government rather than Branson. The level of service provided is poor from Virgin when you consider the amount they have supposedly spent.