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First Great Western Link
FirstGroup plc (Great Western Holdings Ltd)
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First Great Western Link
expired franchise
replaced
< Thames Trains
was replaced by
First Great Western >
start date
1 April 2004
end date
1 April 2006
owned by
FirstGroup plc (Great Western Holdings Ltd)
legal title
First Great Western Link Limited
description
A short franchise created when FirstGroup bid successfully for an extension of Thames Trains against the existing franchisee Govia.
The SRA’s choice of First as preferred bidder on 4 November 2003 meant that a separate two-year contract was needed, and this was named Great Western Link in anticipation of the creation of a ’Greater Western’ franchise in 2006, which absorbed First Great Western Link, the intercity Great Western franchise and Wessex Trains and would be known as First Great Western.
service area
Outer London suburban and regional services. London Paddington-Slough-Reading-Basingstoke/Guildford-Gatwick Airport/Newbury-Bedwyn/Didcot Parkway-Oxford-Bicester Town/Banbury (-Leamington Spa/Stratford-upon-Avon until December 2004)/Worcester-Hereford. Thames Valley branch lines to Henley, Marlow, Windsor & Eton Central, Greenford.
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