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House of Commons Library 6 February 1996
Rail passenger franchises

1996-02-06 HoC-001 1

Archive ::: Press release

Department of Transport 22 April 1996
Disabled passengers enjoy more widespread access to trains

1996-04-22 DoT-001 2

Archive ::: Press release 4

National Audit Office 23 October 1996
Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (OPRAF): The award of the first three passenger rail franchises

1996-10-23 NAO-001 3

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Office of the Rail Regulator 15 August 1997
Rail Regulator confirms enforcement action against National Rail Enquiry Service

1997-08-15 ORR-001 4

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OPRAF 6 March 1998
£75million of additional passenger benefits agreed with FirstGroup plc

1998-03-06 OPR-001 5

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Office of the Rail Regulator 27 October 1998
Rail Regulator agrees closure of lines in former Bristol Bath Road depot

1998-10-27 ORR-001 6

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Office of the Rail Regulator 22 February 1999
Rail Regulator halts Great Western telephone sales surcharge

1999-02-22 ORR-001 7

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ATOC 6 August 1999
On track for the eclipse train operators respond with 11,000 extra seats

1999-08-06 ATO-001 8

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Office of the Rail Regulator 11 October 1999
Rail Regulator considers licence breach following Paddington crash

1999-10-11 ORR-001 9

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Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 24 February 2000
Prescott welcomes Southall report

2000-02-24 DET-001 10

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Railway Forum 24 February 2000
The railway forum welcomes Professor Uff’s report into the Southall accident

2000-02-24 RFO-001 11

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Shadow Strategic Rail Authority 8 August 2000
New franchise for Wales and Borders confirmed:competition launched for new franchise:

2000-08-08 SRA-001 12

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Sea Containers 17 August 2000
Sea Containers' GNER holdings subsidiary selected to bid for largest U.K. rail franchise, South West Trains

2000-08-17 SEC-001 13

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Shadow Strategic Rail Authority 14 September 2000
Building a better railway: pre-qualifiers confirmed for Wales & Borders franchise

2000-09-14 SRA-001 14

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Strategic Rail Authority 19 December 2001
Franchise list

2001-12-19 SRA-001 15

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Strategic Rail Authority 6 November 2002
SRA announces new franchise for the west

2002-11-06 SRA-003 16

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Network Rail 4 December 2002
Network Rail completes public member selection process

2002-12-04 NET-001 17

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Department for Transport 10 August 2011
8,800 extra spaces for busy trains on key routes

2011-08-10 DfT-001 18

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Department for Transport 29 March 2012
Bidders to oversee improvements on rail franchises announced

2012-03-29 DfT-001 19

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Department for Transport 27 July 2012 11:00
New Great Western franchise to deliver new express trains

2012-07-27 DfT-001 20