The decision to award the West Coast Main Line rail franchise to FirstGroup was scrapped because of "technical flaws" in the bidding process.
Although it lost out on the West Coast Main Line rail franchise, First said it was benefitting from strong passenger growth in its rail services.
The government scrapped its decision to award the multi-billion-pound West Coast Main Line rail franchise to FirstGroup after "significant technical flaws" were discovered in the bidding process.
Rail franchising was put on hold last year after a decision to award the UK's multi-billion-pound West Coast Main Line rail franchise to FirstGroup was scrapped by the government.
But ongoing engineering work on the Paddington rail line to west Wales will force many travellers on to the roads.
The main rail line in the South West of England has reopened between Exeter St Davids and Tiverton after being closed for a week due to flooding.
Passengers who intend to travel on the West Coast Main Line can check the latest information with National Rail Enquiries.
Network Rail is also upgrading the line from London Paddington to the west country and South Wales in readiness for electrification.
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"I think there's an aspiration to reopen that line, " said John Baker of Network Rail Wales and West.
Rail passengers are still experiencing disruption and travel delays on the West Coast Main Line caused by a power failure.
Remodelling Ely North Junction will relieve a key bottle neck on the West Anglia main line enabling more cross country passengers and freight services, said Network Rail.
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The high-speed rail link - HS2 - promises to cut journey times and relieve congestion on the West Coast Main Line.
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