Don’t use the East Coast mainline often enough to comment on service/punctuality but hearing reports it’s been better since 2018 and certainly three times since 2005 it’s been taken back into public ownership after the commercial tendering and ownership processes have failed badly. It’s sustainable seemingly now as well. Utilities seemingly will need to follow suit with collapse of Thames Water and others in big trouble https://www.railmagazine.com/news/network/government-to-continue-running-lner-to-at-least-2023
