East Coast Rail Franchise

(asked on 29th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they received from Stagecoach Group and Virgin Rail Group, or their subsidiaries, prior to the publication of their Command Paper Connecting people: a strategic vision for rail (Cm 9519) on 29 November concerning the East Coast franchise; and whether they will publish those representations, including notes of meetings and conversations between ministers, officials and executives at Stagecoach Group and Virgin Rail Group, or their subsidiaries.


Answered by
Baroness Sugg Portrait
Baroness Sugg
This question was answered on 13th December 2017

We regularly meet and work closely with all our franchisees and their owning groups. Stagecoach Group and Virgin Rail Group are no exceptions.

We are in discussions with Virgin-Stagecoach to ensure the needs of passengers and taxpayers will be met in the short term whilst laying the foundations to bring forward the reforms in full under a long-term competitively procured contract.

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