IRISH investment group, Quinlan Private has been tipped as possible bidders for the Orient-Express Hotels, which owns dozens of the world’s most prestigious hotels and restaurants as well as the famous luxury tourist train.

Shares in National Express rallied today amid excitement that it was about to become the new operator of the UK East Coast Main Line (ECML).

The parent company of London-to-Scotland rail firm GNER today filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States.