The west Coast Main Line Franchising has fallen apart tonight, Governemt incompetence will be all over the papers big time tomorrow (after Ed at the labour party conference called them a shower of U-turning idiots)

Virgins contract cannot be extended, as by law only a single extension period can be given, and The government used that up from what I have been reading so that the new franchise wasn't establishing itself in the run up to the Olympics

So come the end of the year, WCML reverts to Direct Government control. its being suggested that re-franchising can't be run till end of inquiry into whats gone wrong, so twelve months from now before new Franchisee in control, and three more franchises run out before the end of next year, which will also be delayed by this.

May endf up with a re-nationalised railway out of this. :)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.