The West Coast Main Line is the UK’s busiest railway corridor and between the Tories, DfT, Avanti, Network Rail and the ORR, we’ve had an almighty cock up exacerbated by the covid pandemic. The chickens sadly continue to come home to roost.
When they ditched Stagecoach and Virgin many years ago, they ditched 2 of the most committed innovators in modern pax railway travel in the UK in Sirs Richard Branson and Brian Souter.
Thankfully, Virgin is likely coming to the rescue again on the WCML but as an open access operator. The elephant in the room is GB Railways and of course, the transport unions and Labour dogma.
We must be careful that we don’t return to the dark days of British Rail, of the “wrong type of snow” or “leaves on the track”. If you know, you know. Such would be a travesty.