Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain is the system of contracting the operation of the passenger services on the railways of Great Britain to private...

system of rail franchising overseen by the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (OPRAF). Ownership and operation of rail freight in Great Britain passed...

wider renationalisation of the rail network. Passenger services in Great Britain were divided into regional franchises and run by mostly private (that...

television franchise fee, an annual fee charged by a local government to a private cable television company Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain, a system...

were initially let by the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (OPRAF). This was in turn replaced by the Strategic Rail Authority, which has since been abolished...

developed and is still in use today. ScotRail, under British Rail, used customised versions of the existing liveries, with passenger locomotives and coaching...

was amongst the best performing franchises according to statistics compiled by the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising. However, proposed open access...

February 2001 the position of Franchising Director was abolished by the Transport Act 2000 and the passenger rail franchising functions were transferred...

Great British Railways (GBR) is a planned state-owned railway company that is to oversee passenger rail transport in Great Britain, with the exception...

RailAdventure Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain (for detailed information about the history of each franchise) "National Rail Passenger Survey Spring...

Waverley to Plymouth when Voyagers were unavailable. Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain Cross Country Route "extract company no 3007937: CrossCountry...

primary passenger train operator in Northern England, and operated the most stations of any train operating company in the United Kingdom. Northern Rail was...

railway system of Great Britain started with the building of local isolated wooden wagonways starting in the 1560s. A patchwork of local rail links operated...

Transport. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2023. New rail franchising deal set to transform passenger services across London & south east Department for...

Motorail was the brand name for British Rail's long-distance services that carried passengers and their cars. During its latter years of operation, it...

Anglia franchise was awarded by the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising to GB Railways, with the franchise commencing on 5 January 1997. In June 1998...

privatisation of British Rail, the Great Western InterCity franchise was awarded by the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising to Great Western Holdings in December...

privatisation of British Rail, the Regional Railways North East franchise was awarded by the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising to MTL after it won...

Agreements, a temporary concession-based replacement for Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain from September 20th 2020 Irma (disambiguation) This disambiguation...

confirmed". Rail Magazine. No. 780. 5 August 2015. p. 29. "Bombardier Class 710/1s finally make their passenger debut on West Anglia suburban routes". Rail. 4...

becoming North West Regional Railways. The franchise was awarded by the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising to Great Western Holdings, with operations commencing...

numerous private companies submitted bids to the Office for Passenger Rail Franchising. One such firm was the Bermuda-based transport and container leasing...

franchise is a railway franchise for passenger trains on the Great Eastern Main Line and West Anglia Main Lines in England. It commenced operating in...

British train operating company owned by DfT OLR Holdings for the Department for Transport, that took over operating the South Eastern franchise in South...

Merseyrail Passenger Transport Executive (Merseytravel). The Merseyrail Electrics franchise was awarded by the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising to MTL...

British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948...

TransPennine Express (TPE), is a British train operating company that has operated passenger services in the TransPennine Express franchise area since May 2023. It...

train operating companies, ScotRail was the second largest (in terms of number of passenger journeys 2013–14) after First Great Western at the time of the...

Contract to maintain vital services across Great Britain". Retrieved 8 November 2023. "Another Cardiff-Edinburgh rail service proposal". Railtech. 7 November...

increased rail subsidies. The privatisation of British Rail began in the 1990s. According to the National Rail Passenger survey, passenger satisfaction...