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East coast rail line back under public control

25th June 2018

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Is this the first step towards the renationalization of the railways - as the East coast mainline is taken back into public ownership? I doubt it: however, it does cast doubt over rail privatisation up to this point - it is the third time that the line has had to be taken back into public ownership. Hardly a ringing endorsement of the process, I'd say.

East Coast train line back under public control https://t.co/c25eBTmhwV
— BBC North East (@BBCNEandCumbria) June 24, 2018

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