Virgin to get an extra year running west coast mainline

Delay in franchise schedule lets Sir Richard Branson’s firm run the line for another year as government says the bid winner will also run HS2Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Trains looks set to be granted a further, uncontested 12-month contract to run west coast intercity trains, after the government confirmed that the next winner of the franchise would also operate the first high-speed HS2 trains. A new delay in the Department for Transport’s franchising schedule has left the doo