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Chiltern NRC
Arriva (I Squared Capital)
The Labour Government elected on 4 July 2024 announced that all National Rail Contracts would be terminated and run by the Department for Transport’s Operator of Last Resort (now DfT Operator Limited) until Great British Railways could take over.
Each contract would be terminated when it expired or at the first available break point (which may be the ‘core expiry date’), and possibly sooner in the event of a breach of contract by the operator.
The termination date of this operator’s contract is not yet decided.
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Chiltern NRC
National Rail Contract
replaced
< Chiltern Railways
to be replaced by
(Great British Railways)
start date
31 December 2021
end date
not decided
owned by
Arriva (I Squared Capital)
legal title
Chiltern Railway Company Ltd
description
A National Rail contract which replaced the last Chiltern Railways franchise and the following Emergency Measures Agreement in March 2020 and the Emergency Measures Recovery Agreement in September 2020.
The contract was due to run until 12 December 2027, with a core expiry date of 1 April 2025.
The government confirmed on 4 December 2024 that it expected to terminate this contract after April 2025, when it would return to public ownership. The operator will be given notice of not less than twelve weeks.
service area
Commuter and regional services between London (Marylebone) and Aylesbury, Princes Risborough, Banbury, Oxford via Bicester Village, Birmingham (Moor Street and Snow Hill), Kidderminster, Stourbridge Junction and Stratford-upon-Avon. Chiltern Railways will also run services on East West Rail between Oxford, Bletchley and Milton Keynes Central, which are due to start in 2025.
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