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Now the the new franchises created last November have been in operation a while, do people think they are better than the old ones?

I personally see it as they've solved certain problems, but created others. For example, Virgin use to run services from Scotland to Birmingham down both the East and West Coast mainlines, now it's two different operators which would likely make it harder to change the route you travel if there are problems on one line. At the same time you can travel from Manchester to London via Sheffield using just one operator rather than two, which should mean it's easier for passengers travelling between Manchester and London to get the green light to travel via Sheffield if there are problems on the West Coast Mainline.

The Central Trains franchise was seen as an under performing one. However, has spilting it up just shared out the problems, or has it improved certain services?