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| East Coast hand-back day 'agreed' | East Coast hand-back day 'agreed' |
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| The East Coast Main Line is to be renationalised on 12 December, the RMT has claimed. | The East Coast Main Line is to be renationalised on 12 December, the RMT has claimed. |
| The union said it had received a briefing on arrangements for a new publicly owned company which was already trading as East Coast. | The union said it had received a briefing on arrangements for a new publicly owned company which was already trading as East Coast. |
| National Express was told in the summer it would have to relinquish the route. | National Express was told in the summer it would have to relinquish the route. |
| Both the Department for Transport and National Express have said no date has been set, but agree new arrangements should be in place by January. | Both the Department for Transport and National Express have said no date has been set, but agree new arrangements should be in place by January. |
| The East Coast Main Line provides trains between London and Edinburgh. | |
| 'Discussions continue' | 'Discussions continue' |
| A Department for Transport spokesperson said: "National Express Group has announced it will not provide the further financial support necessary to ensure the subsidiary, National Express East Coast, remains solvent when the current funding runs out. | A Department for Transport spokesperson said: "National Express Group has announced it will not provide the further financial support necessary to ensure the subsidiary, National Express East Coast, remains solvent when the current funding runs out. |
| "It expects this to happen around the end of the year, although no date has been set. | "It expects this to happen around the end of the year, although no date has been set. |
| "This would be the point at which the government will assume control of the franchise." | "This would be the point at which the government will assume control of the franchise." |
| The RMT is demanding an absolute assurance that this will be a permanent move RMT's Bob Crow | The RMT is demanding an absolute assurance that this will be a permanent move RMT's Bob Crow |
| A National Express East Coast spokesperson said: "Discussions continue on the hand-back of the East Coast rail franchise. | A National Express East Coast spokesperson said: "Discussions continue on the hand-back of the East Coast rail franchise. |
| "We are working towards agreeing a formal hand-back date for the franchise, prior to year end." | "We are working towards agreeing a formal hand-back date for the franchise, prior to year end." |
| The RMT said it had learned that East Coast would start to run the route within a matter of weeks. | The RMT said it had learned that East Coast would start to run the route within a matter of weeks. |
| "It is scheduled to take over the operation of the route from 12 December 2009," the union's general secretary Bob Crow said. | "It is scheduled to take over the operation of the route from 12 December 2009," the union's general secretary Bob Crow said. |
| "The RMT is demanding an absolute assurance that this will be a permanent move that recognises the chaotic failures of privatisation on this prestige route on the UK rail network. | "The RMT is demanding an absolute assurance that this will be a permanent move that recognises the chaotic failures of privatisation on this prestige route on the UK rail network. |
| "It would be a total waste of taxpayers' money and staff time and energy to have a third gamble on privatisation in 18 months' time." | "It would be a total waste of taxpayers' money and staff time and energy to have a third gamble on privatisation in 18 months' time." |
| East Coast Main Line services pass through Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland. | East Coast Main Line services pass through Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland. |