Andrew Man: Can you give us a guarantee that the British taxpayer is going to get that £3.3 billion from Stagecoach and Virgin for the East Coast line? Thereas May: Of course not. Due to the failure of Network Rail to deliver the planned infrastructure next year it will not be possible to run the planned extra services which would have paid for the increase in premium. Quite frankly, until we know how many extra trains can be run and the journey times and when these will be available, all I can say is that substantial premiums will be generated. And don't forget Andrew that Stagecoach and Virgin have already paid nearly £1 billion to date.
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