Preparations are being made for the government to take over the West Coast mainline franchise from Avanti unless it delivers “significant” improvements a minister said today.
However, he said he expects the situation to improve and a "significant step up" in the number of services running on the line by the end of the year.
It comes as a number of MPs slammed the government for 'rewarding failure' by granting the belegeaured firm an extension to its contract.
