Goodbye Central Trains
The Department for Transport recently announced that the franchise for trains in Market Rasen station will be taken from Central Trains and Stagecoach Midland Rail Ltd (most likely trading as East Midlands Rail) will be serving us from 11th November.
Central Trains seem to me to be the perfect example of a company to avoid. They have no regard for punctuality and invest as little as possible in Market Rasen station. We don't even have a clock, ticket machine, staff, electronic display or tannoy. It is perfectly normal for trains to be 25mins late or pass through the station without stopping at all.
Stagecoach have made some big promises about investment, direct services from Lincoln to London, 90% punctuality etc. The staff and trains from eastern Central Trains and Midland Mainline, both part of the National Express Group, will be transferred to Stagecoach. It is a shame to see Midland Mainline go, as their stations are really shiny with smart attentive staff. They even won Train Company of the Year. But now I learn they are actually the same company as Central Trains, I wonder how one company can perform so good in one area and bad in another.
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