SHORTEST Franchise ever!? | NXEC: failed franchises #14

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Hello & welcome to the fourteenth episode of Failed Franchises. In this series I look at train companies that have failed at their franchise agreements or have been criticised by passengers & industry alike. Today I'm is the second episode of my mini series on the East Coast Mainline and its operators. Today I am looking at NXEC and discuss whether or not NXEC should be classed as a failed franchise.
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@Vanmanyo 26 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching! Do consider liking & subscribing - we're eeking towards 500 subscribers and it would be awesome to hit that goal :D Apologies but I forgot to put the Members slide on the video: Thanks to my members! Callum Martyn Bell (First Class) Anthony Harris (Business Zone) Smudgy Cat (Business Zone) Andrew Bowen (Business Zone) CraigMitchell43 (Business Zone) Beanie Dorsoduro 1200 ChickenCluckley CM Transport Videos Danny Deveroonie Ewan R Gordon Walker JacksRailwaySecrets Nathan Doucette BrexitOllie ShatterF0X Simon Chaplin SomethingETC Stu TheoDoraTheExplorer The Northern Irish Explorer Tomas Thorpe Your Pals Xplore Dundee

@benbeb-qm2cl 23 күн бұрын

is ewan r me?

@Vanmanyo 23 күн бұрын

Seeing as you aren't Ewan R, probably not 😭

@Spacebug111 24 күн бұрын

the fact that EVERY SINGLE ECML private franchise has failed tells you more about the DFT then anything else

@Vanmanyo 24 күн бұрын

When I get onto East Coast I will probably rant a lot about how the DfT absolutely screwed up that operator too!

@andrewgee5449 24 күн бұрын

You can imagine a film about it. The Curse of the ECML

@Whiskey2shots 24 күн бұрын

This series is doing a great job of proving how poorly privatisation has gone.

@EuroDC1990 23 күн бұрын

I find it so odd how badly NXEC failed, it was truly an awful company and I still remember the announcement of a £2.50 reservation fee going down like a cup of cold sick. I really do miss NX on the MML though. Midland Mainline was an absolutely fantastic company, and I still miss the free tea and coffee they provided when travelling to London.

@katrinabryce 24 күн бұрын

It is both a failed franchise, and, because the exact thing happened three times in a row, a failure of franchising.

@bobmoneyman 24 күн бұрын

Ecml private franchises trying not to fail (it's impossible)

@andrewbowen4544 24 күн бұрын

Even has a Bus Company National Express is failing. Losing service's

@JBFlytography 24 күн бұрын

One class 91 loco was painted In the NXEC livery, it actually suited it if I remember. NX were the worst operator on the East Coast services especially north of Edinburgh. I used (and still do) use the first Southboubd service a day to commute to work and it would be cancelled almost every other day.

@trainlover16 24 күн бұрын

Love them or hate them, the NXEC silver and white REALLY suited the HSTs and IC225s. Their livery really helped to cement my love for the HSTs and 225s. I was lucky enough to travel with NXEC when I was 4/5 years old.

19 күн бұрын

Here in Germany, National Express is one of the best private operators. But from what I hear, that's despite their British owners, not because of that. NX Germany as an organisation was built by a lot of people who live and breathe railroads and that really shows.

@Twmpa 23 күн бұрын

The franchise system used in the UK is deeply flawed as it always puts profitability ahead of public service on our railways. The contracts were often written in a way that allowed the companies to load all of the financial risk towards the end of the contracted period and bail out early with little penalty. It might be worth some analysis of those periods on the ECML between the failed franchises, when the DfT was running the ECML. I believe these times were actually very lucrative for the treasury as any profits were pouring into there rather than lining shareholders pockets.

@GeneralTrainGuy 20 күн бұрын

5k SUBs WOOOO HOOO! Congrats Vanmanyo! I loved the video btw!

@adamlee3772 21 күн бұрын

Really enjoying your videos. Very interesting. For me NXEC are the very epitome of why the private rail industry is so bad. There are certain things that are always better run in nationalised industry and rail is one of them.

@Vanmanyo 21 күн бұрын

Thank you Adam!

@scott4393 24 күн бұрын

These vids are getting better with each new one you put out… well done 👍

@Vanmanyo 24 күн бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoy them !

@andrewgee5449 24 күн бұрын

As always a brilliant video. I'm looking forward to next week episode.

@Vanmanyo 24 күн бұрын

Thank you Andrew!

@JackGourdon-je4ze 22 күн бұрын

this is not bad, great video though! i cant wait for the rest of the ECML and then the WCML. Once again great video!

@yourpals2030 26 күн бұрын

Great video as always

@Vanmanyo 26 күн бұрын

Thanks again!

@Michal_Klis 24 күн бұрын

Great video! Can't wait till you do an episode about the Franchise ONE, although definitely not part of NXEC.

@Vanmanyo 24 күн бұрын

I have already done all the Anglia franchises! Do check them out kzfaq.info/sun/PLF06LywT25Lb6cVOt8Idl4jrfuzTS0Szx

@Anonymoususer_2023 23 күн бұрын

He’s already done One Railway/National Express East Anglia “NXEA”.

@user-kz7pl8zm3e 24 күн бұрын

good video, well done 👍

@DKS225 26 күн бұрын

By the time of my second visit to The UK in May 2010 NXEC had already become East Coast and all HST's had the branding applied but The 225's still had their old GNER colours with the white lining but with East Coast branding on the side. On a side note only one Class 91 received the NXEC grey and white. But i do hear you on your opinion on NXEC given they already lost Central Trains, Midland Mainline, and National Express East Anglia all by 2012.

@Vanmanyo 26 күн бұрын

I think only one loco received the livery, they never got round to the coaches! I wish I couldve gone on these older franchises! Thank you!

@GeneralTrainGuy 22 күн бұрын

Vanmanyo so close to 5k!!!!!! great video btw!

@Vanmanyo 22 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@GeneralTrainGuy 22 күн бұрын

@@Vanmanyo no problem! (i loved your British railway series you have)

@ejs229 23 күн бұрын

I remember once seeing a NXEC hst speeding through mow cop on the Stoke - Manchester line of all places, an XC hire-in. I was lucky to see that since I never saw hsts much otherwise.

@kevanhubbard9673 23 күн бұрын

Sir Tricky Dickies Virgin East Coast thankfully didn't last long either.Of course it's always the Department of Transports fault nowt to do with the private operators who bid for these franchises presumably knowing full well what they are getting into.

@olivergeorge4394 24 күн бұрын

Happy Birthday Vanmanyo, Even though I’m drinking coffee, I hope you enjoy a couple pints with the lads tonight 🍺!! Up The R

@Vanmanyo 24 күн бұрын

Well not my birthday but I appreciate it 👍👍

@grangetowncardiff6935 23 күн бұрын

@@Vanmanyo Well, Happy Birthday when it is! And I agree with another, these vids getting better and better. Pip Pip.

@Vanmanyo 23 күн бұрын

My birthday was in February but thank you!!!

@user-kj5ys3vw9p 24 күн бұрын

National express got a bit cocky after the MML success. They also took over rail services in Australia, many managers took the chance to move out there. I don't think they were overly successful in Australia either, perhaps an Aussie knows more what happened to those services?

@xtrapolis954m 24 күн бұрын

I do. They failed in Melbourne, where they ran half of our Metropolitan train, Metropolitan tram, and regional passenger rail systems. They handed back the keys to the networks after having run them for less than two years.

@smiler52 24 күн бұрын

another great video will you be doing one on Wessex trains that was run by nx

@Vanmanyo 23 күн бұрын

Potentially one day! Stay tuned!

@Anonymoususer_2023 23 күн бұрын

I didn’t like National Express East Coast because they didn’t provide better rail services on the East Coast Main Line. At least they have tried to but it all became a disaster for them. A total disaster for National Express East Coast.

@khmcc5556 24 күн бұрын

Under, half an hour, anyway, amazing video as always! But i dont see how every single operator privatised on the ECML can fail, its just silly, will VTEC come later?

@Vanmanyo 24 күн бұрын

The fact I got it to twelve minutes is a miracle!! VTEC will be coming later so stay tuned :D

@thisisstuart7951 22 күн бұрын

Can you do silverlink in your failed franchise video

@DubGathoni 22 күн бұрын

3:51, Door that is not correctly painted?

@londonbus_46 24 күн бұрын

where did the class 43 go after national express go?

@Vanmanyo 24 күн бұрын

Stayed on the East Coast until replaced by the Azumas (although some went to EMR and were then retired)

@nicholasjones9705 24 күн бұрын

Will you be including the current LNER in this mini-series?

@Vanmanyo 24 күн бұрын

Still debating that but I don't see why not? Would you like to see it?

@nicholasjones9705 24 күн бұрын

@@Vanmanyo I was only asking out of curiosity. Either way, I don't mind plus I like LNER even though I've never been on their trains.

@AberdonaiBrum101 24 күн бұрын

Imagine Arriva east coast 💀💀💀💀💀

@AberdonaiBrum101 24 күн бұрын

2:26 3 light HST 🤯🤯🤯

@Anonymoususer_2023 23 күн бұрын

And Arriva West Coast lol

@AberdonaiBrum101 23 күн бұрын

@@Anonymoususer_2023 XD

@RoamingAdhocrat 23 күн бұрын

it's not the shortest, it ran from London to Aberdeen. shortest franchise is... is Gatwick Express still a separate franchise?

@Vanmanyo 23 күн бұрын

Shortest in timespan!

@pcgamermike27 24 күн бұрын

please do one now greater anglia

@Vanmanyo 24 күн бұрын

Psst I've already done a whole series on the Anglian operators!

@BobC250 24 күн бұрын

He's done loads of videos on Greater Anglia operators. About 6.

@smudgycat6750 26 күн бұрын

haha 4 seconds after it was published

@Vanmanyo 26 күн бұрын

Professional 😎