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East Coast vultures unveiled
Tories race to flog successful line before election
Blinkered Tories pressed ahead with the sale of profitable publicly owned East Coast mainline yesterday with a shortlist of three private bidders unveiled.
Among them were partnerships between some of the big transport firms already running other shambolic and overpriced rail routes across Britain.
Tory Rail Minister Stephen Hammond confirmed that the franchise will be handed to either First Group plc, Keolis/Eurostar or Stagecoach/Virgin.
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