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State taking over key rail route

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One of Britain's key rail routes is to be taken into public hands from midnight.

National Express - which has been operating the East Coast Mainline - says it is too expensive to run, but the government has refused to renegotiate the contract.

Ministers say staff and services will be unaffected.

Emma Simpson reports.

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