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National Express loses East Coast line

The government is to take the East Coast rail service run by National Express into public ownership. Transport correspondent Tom Symonds and Norman Baker, Lib Dem transport spokesman, discuss whether this is a step towards nationalising rail services. Transport expert Professor Stephen Glaister examines previous cases of the government intervening in the railways.

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