National Express.

Mid December and it will be goodbye GNER, hello National Express and the government can expect a £1.4 Billion windfall throughout the franchise which runs to 2015. Under the deal, the operator will be expected to deliver faster journey times, with London to Leeds services taking two hours, as well as more London to Edinburgh trains with journeys lasting four hours 20 minutes. Do you think this will mean less trains stopping in Tinsel Town to acheive this. I suspect so!

National Express has committed to ensuring that nine out of 10 trains run on time, as well as environmental benefits such as reducing fuel consumption per passenger kilometre by 28% over the life of the franchise, and investment in four "green" stations. Not such a bad thing I suppose.