Railways: Franchises

(asked on 5th February 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail franchises have been put out to tender in each year since 2009-10; and how many bids his Department received for each franchise.


This question was answered on 12th February 2018

ITT issued

Franchise Competition

Number of Bids

Comments

2011

Greater Anglia

3

2012

West Coast

4

Competition stopped

2013

TSGN

5

2013

Essex Thameside

4

2014

East Coast

3

2015

Trans-Pennine Express

3

2016

Northern

3

2015

East Anglia

3

2016

South Western

2

2016

West Midlands

2

2018

South Eastern

Bids due March 2018

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