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It's just the East Coast at the moment, but I believe there was talk about removing the other two franchises held by National Express as well. I'd be interested to see what happened if First got it. They seem to be quite good at running the Transpennine route, but I've heard a lot of bad things about there franchise on the Wwestern Mainline. Virgin have proved themselves capable of running a major mainline very well with the WCML franchise, but I feel it would lead to a lack of choice for passengers heading to Scotland from London, which may cause a drop in quality, or worse, a hike in prices. Good to see you back on the forum by the way John.