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Post by davopazza on Aug 20, 2014 19:11:31 GMT 1
The short listing for the Northern and TPE franchises have been announced with the winner being announced October 2015. For the Northern they are Govia, Arriva and Abellio and the TransPennine Express are First, Keolis and Stagecoach. News article can be found at: m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28852016 |
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Post by davopazza on Aug 22, 2014 18:09:54 GMT 1
The short listing for the Northern and TPE franchises have been announced with the winner being announced October 2015. For the Northern they are Govia, Arriva and Abellio and the TransPennine Express are First, Keolis and Stagecoach. News article can be found at: m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28852016After doing a bit if reading, the TransPennine Shortlisted Keolis is actually going to be another joint venture between Keolis and Go-Ahead, very similar to Govia who has been Shortlisted for Northern. |
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Aug 30, 2014 19:35:52 GMT 1
The short listing for the Northern and TPE franchises have been announced with the winner being announced October 2015. For the Northern they are Govia, Arriva and Abellio and the TransPennine Express are First, Keolis and Stagecoach. News article can be found at: m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28852016After doing a bit if reading, the TransPennine Shortlisted Keolis is actually going to be another joint venture between Keolis and Go-Ahead, very similar to Govia who has been Shortlisted for Northern. This indicates that the bidders for TPE are First on its own, GoVia and Stagecoach. So maybe, just maybe, GoVia could be awarded both franchises, but I doubt the DfT would in practice. This could represent a return of Arriva on some Northern services. Serco are definitely coming off Northern as a result. |
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Post by davopazza on Aug 30, 2014 22:48:48 GMT 1
After doing a bit if reading, the TransPennine Shortlisted Keolis is actually going to be another joint venture between Keolis and Go-Ahead, very similar to Govia who has been Shortlisted for Northern. This indicates that the bidders for TPE are First on its own, GoVia and Stagecoach. So maybe, just maybe, GoVia could be awarded both franchises, but I doubt the DfT would in practice. This could represent a return of Arriva on some Northern services. Serco are definitely coming off Northern as a result. Govia actually are not bidding for the TPE. It's a seperate venture where Keolis is the majority share holder 65% go ahead 35%. |
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Post by the110 on Mar 29, 2015 11:17:48 GMT 1
Arriva have setup a website for the northen bid so they can get feedback and ideas going forward. Here - www.arrivabid.net |
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Post by Bradford Traveller on Apr 2, 2015 0:06:47 GMT 1
the current TPE franchise is extended to 2016, with improvements planned for May 2015.
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