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    First and Trenitalia to run West Coast Main Line

    Sep 02, 2019 3 minutes
    By Tony Miles
    CHRIS MILNER

    OPERATION of the West Coast Partnership (WCP) will be in the hands of First Group and Trenitalia from December 8, under what will be the first of a new franchise partnership model.

    With a 70/30 partnership in favour of First, the pair will end Virgin Trains’domination of the flagship route, which has remained unbroken for more than 22 years.

    The operation covers West Coast Main Line services from London Euston to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow.

    Virgin’s biding partner Stagecoach was

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