thenorthern
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This may seem a strange question by why has National Express Group lost so many franchises since privatisation compared to all the other companies. I know they basically surrendered the National Express East Coast franchise early but some others have included:
Wales & Borders
West Anglia Great Northern
ScotRail
Wessex Trains
Midland Mainline
Silverlink
Gatwick Express
Central Trains
National Express East Anglia
None of these were surrendered they just didn't get them renewed when they came up for re-franchising. I know with Central Trains they were criticised for delays although much of that stemmed from the type of lines they were running rather than being a bad operator. Currently of course they only operate C2C.
Wales & Borders
West Anglia Great Northern
ScotRail
Wessex Trains
Midland Mainline
Silverlink
Gatwick Express
Central Trains
National Express East Anglia
None of these were surrendered they just didn't get them renewed when they came up for re-franchising. I know with Central Trains they were criticised for delays although much of that stemmed from the type of lines they were running rather than being a bad operator. Currently of course they only operate C2C.