RAILSCOT | Northern to run British franchise for two years [IRJ]

Northern to run British franchise for two years [IRJ]

Date: 28/03/2014

BRITAIN's Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded Northern a so-called "direct award" franchise for 22 months. Northern, which is a joint venture of Serco and Abellio, itself a subsidiary of Netherlands Railways (NS), will now continue to operate the franchise, which covers regional and suburban services in northern England including the cities of Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Newcastle, until February 2016. This will give the DfT time to invite bids for a longer-term franchise and is part of the continuing shake-up of the franchising system following the collapse of the West Coast franchise deal in October 2012.

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Northern to run British franchise for two years [IRJ]

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