(27 Nov 2014, 7:59 am)aureolin wrote http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30222458
Best of a bad bunch? Utter disgrace non the less.
According to Sky news: http://news.sky.com/story/1381265/east-c...ice-pledge
The Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin told Sky News the deal would provide the Treasury with more funds, at £3.3bn over the eight year contract, while there would be a series of benefits for passengers, including:
:: 23 new services from London to key destinations, with 75 more station calls a day.
:: Plans for direct links to Huddersfield, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Dewsbury and Thornaby.
:: Proposals for more trains to London from Bradford, Edinburgh, Harrogate, Leeds, Lincoln, Newcastle, Shipley, Stirling and York.
:: An additional 3,100 extra seats for the morning peak time by 2020.
:: A 12,200 or 50% increase in seats across the entire train fleet.
:: There would be 65 state-of-the-art Intercity Express trains brought into passenger service from 2018, totalling 500 new carriages.
:: Journey times from London to Leeds reduced by 14 minutes, and from London to Edinburgh by 13 minutes.
:: A £140m investment package to improve trains and stations.