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<p>The challenges faced on the West Coast will remain regardless of the operator,
including longstanding restrictive working practices which require the agreement of
unions to amend. To place West Coast Partnership under the Operator of Last Resort
would remove the opportunity to retain private sector expertise in both the West Coast
as an operator and in the HS2 Shadow Operator function. A full response will be provided
to the Transport for the North Board in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>
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