WEST COAST PARTNERSHIP PROSPECTUS ISSUED

摘要

On 19 January the Department for Transport published its 30-page prospectus for the West Coast Partnership (WCP), which will combine running the replacement current Inter-city West Coast (ICWC) franchise with the development and introduction of High Speed 2 services. WCP will take over existing inter-city services on the West Coast main line from April 2019 while also acting as 'shadow operator' for HS2. From 2026, WCP will run the integrated HS2/ICWC services for a period of three to five years, with an option to extend for two to three years.