UK west coast main line fiasco

[Jimbuna]

This ridiculous situation has already cost the Brit tax payer £40 million but could eventually grow to £100 million

Sir Richard Branson says the bidding for the West Coast Main Line franchise had been a "fiasco" but welcomed the decision to restart the process.
He told the BBC he was hopeful his Virgin Trains company could now keep running the route "for many years".
The government has scrapped a decision to let FirstGroup take over the route from Virgin after "technical flaws" were found in the competition process.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19817798