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Greater Western franchise

Index Greater Western franchise

Greater Western is a railway franchise for the provision of passenger services from London Paddington to the Cotswolds, West of England, South West England and South Wales. [1]

36 relations: Arriva UK Trains, Bauer Media Group, BBC, BBC News, Call for bids, Chiltern Railways, Cornish Main Line, Cotswolds, Department for Transport, Exeter–Plymouth line, First Great Western Link, FirstGroup, Great Western main line, Great Western Railway (train operating company), Guardian Media Group, Heathrow Express, High Speed 2, Intercity Express Programme, InterCity West Coast, London Paddington station, London station group, National Express, Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain, Rail (magazine), Reading–Taunton line, South Wales, South Wales Main Line, South West England, Stagecoach Group, Strategic Rail Authority, The Guardian, Wessex Main Line, Wessex Trains, West of England, Western Rail Approach to Heathrow, 21st-century modernisation of the Great Western main line.

Arriva UK Trains

Arriva UK Trains Limited is the company that oversees Arriva's train operating companies in the United Kingdom.

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Bauer Media Group

Bauer Media Group is a European-based media company, headquartered in Hamburg, Germany that manages a portfolio of more than 600 magazines, over 400 digital products and 50 radio and TV stations around the world.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.

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Call for bids

A call for bids, call for tenders, or invitation to tender (ITT, often called tender for short) is a special procedure for generating competing offers from different bidders looking to obtain an award of business activity in works, supply, or service contracts.

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Chiltern Railways

Chiltern Railways is a British train operating company owned by Arriva UK Trains that has operated the Chiltern Railways franchise since July 1996.

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Cornish Main Line

The Cornish Main Line is a railway line in Cornwall in the United Kingdom.

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Cotswolds

The Cotswolds is an area in south central England containing the Cotswold Hills, a range of rolling hills which rise from the meadows of the upper Thames to an escarpment, known as the Cotswold Edge, above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale.

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Department for Transport

The Department for Transport (DfT) is the government department responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved.

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Exeter–Plymouth line

The Exeter–Plymouth line, also called the South Devon Main Line, is a central part of the trunk railway line between and in the southern United Kingdom.

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First Great Western Link

First Great Western Link was a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by FirstGroup that operated the Thames Trains franchise from April 2004 until March 2006.

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FirstGroup

FirstGroup plc FirstGroup plc is a Scottish multi-national transport group, registered and operating in the United Kingdom.

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Great Western main line

The Great Western main line is a main line railway in England, that runs westwards from London Paddington to.

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Great Western Railway (train operating company)

First Greater Western Limited, trading as Great Western Railway (GWR), is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup that operates the Greater Western railway franchise.

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Guardian Media Group

Guardian Media Group plc (GMG) is a British mass media company owning various media operations including The Guardian and The Observer.

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Heathrow Express

Heathrow Express is an airport rail link between London Heathrow Airport and Paddington.

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High Speed 2

High Speed 2 (HS2) is a planned high-speed railway in the United Kingdom, directly linking London, Birmingham, the East Midlands, Leeds and Manchester.

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Intercity Express Programme

The Intercity Express Programme is an initiative of the Department for Transport (DfT) in the United Kingdom to procure new trains to replace the InterCity 125 and InterCity 225 fleets on the East Coast Main Line and Great Western Main Line.

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InterCity West Coast

InterCity West Coast is a railway franchise in the United Kingdom for passenger trains on the West Coast Main Line (and branches thereof), between London Euston, the West Midlands, North Wales, Manchester, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other major destinations between.

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London Paddington station

Paddington, also known as London Paddington, is a Central London railway terminus and London Underground station complex, located on Praed Street in the Paddington area.

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London station group

The London station group is a group of 18 railway stations served by the National Rail network in central London.

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National Express

National Express is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Birmingham that operates bus, coach, train and tram services in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Spain, Portugal, Malta, Germany and Morocco and long-distance coach services across Europe.

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Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain

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

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Rail (magazine)

Rail is a British magazine on the subject of current rail transport in Great Britain.

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Reading–Taunton line

The Reading–Taunton line is a major branch of the Great Western Main Line from which it diverges at Reading railway station.

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South Wales

South Wales (De Cymru) is the region of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west.

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South Wales Main Line

The South Wales Main Line (Prif Linell De Cymru), originally known as the London, Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway or simply as the Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway, is a branch of the Great Western Main Line in Great Britain.

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South West England

South West England is one of nine official regions of England.

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Stagecoach Group

Stagecoach Group plc is an international transport group operating buses, trains, trams and express coaches.

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Strategic Rail Authority

The Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) was a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom set up under the Transport Act 2000 to provide strategic direction for the railway industry.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Wessex Main Line

The Wessex Main Line is the railway line from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central.

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Wessex Trains

Wessex Trains was a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by National Express that operated the Wessex Trains franchise from October 2001 until March 2006, when the franchise was merged with the Great Western and Thames Valley franchises to form the Greater Western franchise.

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West of England

The West of England is a loose and locationally unspecific term sometimes given to the area surrounding the city and county of Bristol, England, and also sometimes applied more widely and in other parts of South West England.

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Western Rail Approach to Heathrow

The Western Rail Approach to Heathrow is a proposed rail link in Berkshire, England, which would create an additional connection between London's Heathrow Airport and the Great Western Main Line.

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21st-century modernisation of the Great Western main line

Network Rail plans to spend £5 billion on modernising the Great Western main line, its South Wales branch and other associated lines.

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GW Trains, Greater Western Franchise, NXGW Trains, National Express Great Western, Stagecoach Great Western Trains.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Western_franchise

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