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State taking over key rail route

State taking over key rail route

One of Britain's key rail routes is to be taken into public hands from midnight.National Express - which has been operating the East Coast Mainline - says it is too expensive to run, but the government has refused to renegotiate the contract.Ministers say staff and services will be unaffected.Helen Fawkes reports.

BBC | November 13, 2009Watch more videos from BBC

Tags:. .mainline. .fawkes. .renegotiate

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