name: East Coast Main Line Company Limited
notes:  This authority no longer exists
  East Coast Main Line Company Limited, trading as "Virgin Trains East Coast" operated the East Coast mainline train services until its contract was terminated by the Government as of the 24th of June 2018. Since the termination of the contract the East Coast Mainline train services have been operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited,  a wholly owned subsidiary of DFT OLR Holdings Limited (DOHL), a government owned rail operator of "last resort". Looking to make a new request?You can make a new request, to LNER by clicking here
   Until 28th February 2015, East Coast Main Line Company Limited was a wholly owned subsidiary company of Directly Operated Railways Limited ("DOR"), which is wholly owned by the Department for Transport and was fully subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
  
  Following the transfer to a private operator, we believe it is still subject to the Environmental Information Regulations in line with the recent judgement by the Upper Tribunal in "Fish Legal versus ICO" (GIA/0980/2011).
  
  On the 2nd of March 2015 the company asked us to note: "For the avoidance of doubt, Virgin Trains East Coast is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act".