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Rapid recovery needed after VTEC falls behind

Analysts express concern over Virgin Trains East Coast’s failure to meet growth targets during its first year since taking over the franchise, believing it may affect VTEC’s longer-term prospects.

It is feared that “the reasons Stagecoach gave for missing targets meant it was possible the franchise could remain under pressure for some time”.

  • We've read it in: Passenger Transport, May 13 2016 (ISSUE 134), p3