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West Midlands Trains NRC
GNER and National Express East Coast – had both withdrawn when they became unable to pay the premiums included in their contracts.
East Coast was treated as a standalone franchise as far as possible, although its ultimate owner was the Department for Transport via its subsidiary Directly Operated Railways." target="blank" class="mouse" >East Coast was the second ‘nationalised’ franchise to be created since general rail privatisation in the mid-1990s (the first was South Eastern).
East Coast was returned to public ownership on 13 November 2009 (23.59hrs) because the last two private sector owners – GNER and National Express East Coast – had both withdrawn when they became unable to pay the premiums included in their contracts.
East Coast was treated as a standalone franchise as far as possible, although its ultimate owner was the Department for Transport via its subsidiary Directly Operated Railways.
$ start date * 10 September 2021 ** $ end date * 20 September 2026 **
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owned by
Abellio Transport Group Ltd/UK Transport Group Limited (70.1%), JREM Train (29.9%)
legal title
West Midlands Trains Limited
was replaced by
Commuter and regional services: London Euston-Milton Keynes Central-Northampton-Rugby-Coventry-Birmingham New Street/Crewe-Liverpool Lime Street. West Midlands local services. Local services Bletchley-Bedford (until start of East West franchise or equivalent); Watford Jn-St Albans Abbey
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