Date: 26/01/2011

MINISTERS have criticised Scotland-London train operator East Coast for failing to properly inform passengers it added up to 20 minutes to journeys to stay punctual during the big freeze.

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A RAIL watchdog has accused East Coast of bad practice after it emerged the York-based train company had added minutes to its journey times as

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