D5645
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I like the idea of the East Midlands franchise in it's current form.
The franchise has performed well in my view given the level of resources available.
There is obviously an element of cross-subsidy from more lucrative London services across to the local operations but it also gives a more joined up feel to passengers when you are connecting between two East Midlands Trains services.
The Liverpool - Norwich service is problematic reliability wise so splitting it at Nottingham is sensible to make it more robust. No reason that both halves couldn't be operated by East Midlands Trains though.
The franchise has performed well in my view given the level of resources available.
There is obviously an element of cross-subsidy from more lucrative London services across to the local operations but it also gives a more joined up feel to passengers when you are connecting between two East Midlands Trains services.
The Liverpool - Norwich service is problematic reliability wise so splitting it at Nottingham is sensible to make it more robust. No reason that both halves couldn't be operated by East Midlands Trains though.