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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 Merseyside: ME Northern Trains: Franchise Northern DfT Operator: 77% 1 March 2020: Arriva Rail North: NT ScotRail: ScotRail: Scottish Rail Holdings — 1 April 2022: Abellio ScotRail: SR Southeastern: South Eastern: DfT Operator — 17 October 2021: Southeastern (Govia) SE South Western Railway (also operating Island Line) South ...
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.
Despite being classified as an Atlantic island, Barbados is considered to be a part of the Caribbean, where it is ranked as a leading tourist destination. Forty percent of the tourists come from the UK, with the US and Canada making up the next large groups of visitors to the island.
Arriva TrainCare (formerly London & North Western Railway (LNWR) [2]) is a railway rolling stock maintenance company. It is presently a wholly-owned subsidiary of Arriva UK Trains . It was established as LNWR by Pete Waterman during 1993; in under a decade, it had become the largest privately-owned provider of rail maintenance services in the UK.
The first railway in Scotland was the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway, opened in 1826. The first passenger railway was the Kilmarnock & Troon Railway. [16] The first railways in Scotland were operated using horse traction. By 1850, Scotland's major cities were linked to each other and to the rest of the British railway network.
On 1 March 2020, operation of the Northern franchise transferred from Arriva Rail North to the UK government-owned Northern Trains. Because the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom caused passenger numbers to reduce to near zero, the UK government took emergency action to support train operating companies by assuming their financial risks ...
The Barbados Transport Board is a government organization that is responsible for bus transportation. The Board started as an organization on 24 August 1955 and has operated ever since. There are currently three hundred and four (304) buses in use around the island. The government sets the fares (current adult fare (as of December 2024): $3.50 ...