National Express East Coast Trains to be Nationalised

poliss · National Express East Coast Trains to be Nationalised

East Coast rail to be state-run

The government says it intends to take the East Coast rail service, run by National Express, into state ownership.

Full story from BBC News here. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8127851.stm

The new company will be named 'The East Coast Mainline Company'.

Teleman

They could have thought of a better name scratch

I know how about British Rail and paint every thing blue laughing5

I wonder if the cheese sandwich will be making a come back ? they must still have some in the stores

Stufiley

I remember in the early 80s at Victoria Station in London the Microwave Bacon Rolls from the Buffet were great. Didn't taste like bacon or bread rolls just something strange and at a temperature that could melt steel!

poliss

It could be 'The East Coast Main Line Company'. Hard to tell with 'The Great Leader'.

I preferred the 'ferret on a unicycle' logo. <VBG>

Noakesy123

Thank god NatEx have gone... Worst services the ECML has ever seen! Maybe the government wont put in barriers at stations to stop enthusiasts as well...
I wonder what the new livery will be...

Will

They won't do what Nat Ex did (which is part of the reason of some of their debt) which is relivery the stock because they were more bothered about branding than providing cheap fares and good service.