(25 Nov 2014, 10:41 am)Scott wrote But the line is starved of investment - you no longer get free wifi, and the trains are knackered. Virgin replaced all the trains on the West Coast mainline when they took on that franchise. Orders have been announced for new Hitachi trains, but that factory isn't finsihed yet and the trains are at least 3-5 years away.
The new fleet of trains are coming whoever the new toc is.
It just means whoever the toc is, will benefit from any knock on effect.
There is talk of the 'spark effect' on the Tyne Valley line. Pretty sure there is similar correlation with new train sets too.