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Arriva UK Trains Limited [1] is the company that oversees Arriva's train operating companies in the United Kingdom. It gained its first franchises in February 2000. These were later lost, though several others were gained.
Arriva Trains Wales: Wales & Borders: Arriva UK Trains: 8 December 2003: 13 October 2018 [8] KeolisAmey Wales: AW Arriva Trains Merseyside: Merseytravel contract: Merseyrail February 2000: 20 July 2003: Merseyrail: ME Arriva Trains Northern: Franchise Regional Railways North East 2 March 1997: 12 December 2004
In February 2000, Arriva purchased MTL Holdings, which included its first UK rail franchises, Merseyrail Electrics and Northern Spirit. In April 2008, the LNWR train maintenance business was acquired. Arriva became a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn in August 2010. Arriva operates bus, coach, train, tram and waterbus services in 10 countries across ...
Arriva Rail London inherited a fleet of Class 172, Class 315, Class 317 and Class 378s. From 2019, the first of 54 Class 710s were delivered. [ 9 ] These replaced the Class 172, Class 315 and Class 317s, and the Class 378s on Watford DC line duties, allowing them to be concentrated on North London line , East London line , West London line and ...
CrossCountry (legal name XC Trains Limited [2]) is a British train operating company owned by Arriva UK Trains, operating the current CrossCountry franchise.. The CrossCountry franchise was restructured by the Department for Transport (DfT) in 2006, incorporating elements of both the Central Trains and the Virgin CrossCountry franchises, ahead of its invitation to tender on October of that year.
Gatwick Express, the third railway service to be franchised in 1996. 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 companies, which has been in effect since 1996 and was greatly altered in 2020, with rail franchising being effectively abolished in May 2021.
Northern Trains, [5] trading as Northern, is a British train operating company that operates commuter and medium-distance intercity services in the North of England. It is owned by DfT Operator for the Department for Transport (DfT), after the previous operator Arriva Rail North had its franchise terminated at the end of February 2020.
Arriva Trains Merseyside; Arriva Trains Northern; Arriva Trains Wales; Arriva UK Trains; C. Chiltern Railways; CrossCountry; G. Grand Central (train operating company) L.