Virgin Trains says it has reached an agreement to operate services on the West Coast Main Line for the next 23 months.
It comes after an embarrassing U-turn by the Department for Transport (DfT), which admitted it got its sums wrong after initially awarding the franchise to rival FirstGroup.
Sir Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin, described the bidding process as "insane" and mounted a legal challenge to the decision.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said: "We are determined to ensure not only that passengers continue to experience the same levels of service they have in the past, but that services improve.
"There will be a new hourly service linking Glasgow and London and we will also work with Virgin Trains to explore other service improvements."
Virgin said there will be up to 28,000 more seats each day on the line because of the delivery of 106 new Pendolino carriages.
The temporary deal will run from December 9 until November 9 2014, after which the West Coast line will be let under a long-term franchise.
DfT will be able to cut the 23-month period short "by up to six months if a subsequent franchise can be let on a shorter timescale", the Government added.
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