Commenting on the Department for Transport’s decision to terminate National Express East Anglia’s franchise in 2011, South Norfolk MP Richard Bacon said:

“The decision to end National Express’s East Anglian franchise in 2011 is hardly a bolt from the blue.
 

“The government must now ensure that whoever takes up the East Anglia rail franchise can afford to invest significantly in the route and is not saddled with multi-million pound payments to the Treasury. 

“My constituents deserve to have a first-class rail service on clean, modern and efficient trains. 

“I will be watching future developments closely”. 

26 November 2009