No more GNER
16th August 2007A few days ago, the last of the outstanding rail franchise competitions got decided: the east coast intercity franchise. There was a time when I would have been sorry to see the end of GNER because they were a good train operator and I never had any real trouble with them. Nevertheless, seeing National Express succeeding it isn’t necessarily that bad a thing. After all, they came good with Midland Mainline and the "one" services certainly don’t hit the news like those run by First Great Western. First’s Great Western debacles preclude them from any shortlist in my opinion though their ScotRail and Transpennine Express services seem to be well run. Let’s see what NatEx does; at least, they have a pedigree. It’ll be a pity to see the GNER trappings disappear though…
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