1000 cancellations in just 2 months? | Failed franchises #21: London Midland

Hello & welcome to the twenty-first episode of my Failed Franchises series. In this series I look at train companies that have failed at their franchise agreements or have been criticised by passengers & industry alike to decide whether or not an operator is a failure or not. Today is the third episode of my WCML operators mini-series where I look at the local operators of the West Coast Mainline. Today we will look at the first operator of the new West Midlands franchise; Govia's London Midland!

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