29-06-2017 12:48 via passengertransport.co.uk

East Coast rail upgrade in disarray

Infrastructure works deferred;No date for Super Express delivery;Virgin Trains East Coast making losses
  
Stagecoach has warned that its Virgin Trains East Coast franchise no longer expects to provide planned extra services, faster journey times and new routes in 2019. Network Rail has told the company that infrastructure upgrades to support the new timetable, including Kings Cross remodelling and electrification works, will become the latest rail projects to be deferred and de-s
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