VIRGIN Rail owner Stagecoach group has announced it is shaking up its board only days after Virgin failed to win the franchise to operate the West Coast Mainline train route which connects London and the West Midlands.

Chief executive Sir Brian Souter will become chairman and finance director Martin Griffiths becomes the new chief executive. Current chairman Sir George Mathewson is to retire as a director while non-executive director Garry Watts will become deputy chairman.

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