Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p East Coast is a publicly owned British train operating company running high-speed passenger services on the East Coast Main Line between London, Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland. It commenced operations on 14 November 2009.East Coast is a subsidiary of Directly Operated Railways, formed by the Department for Transport as an operator of last resort when National Express refused further financial support to its National Express East Coast (NXEC) subsidiary and consequently lost its franchise. The franchise was re-nationalised on 14 November 2009, with the intention being that operations would return to a private franchisee by December 2013. In March 2013 the Secretary of State for Transport announced that this would occur in February 2015 instead.In January 2014 FirstGroup, Keolis/Eurostar and Stagecoach/Virgin were announced as the shortlisted bidders for the new franchise.East Coast operates long-distance passenger services principally from London King's Cross to Edinburgh via Newcastle, and from King's Cross to Leeds, with other services reaching into Yorkshire and Northern and Central Scotland.. }
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- East_Coast_(train_operating_company) abstract "East Coast is a publicly owned British train operating company running high-speed passenger services on the East Coast Main Line between London, Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland. It commenced operations on 14 November 2009.East Coast is a subsidiary of Directly Operated Railways, formed by the Department for Transport as an operator of last resort when National Express refused further financial support to its National Express East Coast (NXEC) subsidiary and consequently lost its franchise. The franchise was re-nationalised on 14 November 2009, with the intention being that operations would return to a private franchisee by December 2013. In March 2013 the Secretary of State for Transport announced that this would occur in February 2015 instead.In January 2014 FirstGroup, Keolis/Eurostar and Stagecoach/Virgin were announced as the shortlisted bidders for the new franchise.East Coast operates long-distance passenger services principally from London King's Cross to Edinburgh via Newcastle, and from King's Cross to Leeds, with other services reaching into Yorkshire and Northern and Central Scotland.".