Recent content by barty

Cyclists - start obeying the Highway code and you may get a little more respect from car drivers.. Yes, those red traffic lights apply to YOU as well. You actually do have to stop at them. Turning yourself into a pedestrian to avoid stopping at a red light might get you out of the way...

Dunno whether to tack my question onto the end of this giant thread or start another, I'm quite new here so I'll leave that one to the mods, who have the power!! <bows> :-D I'm about to start a new job with a TOC, what can I expect these days in terms of priv travel? I used to work for...

I'll have this done in a week.... thanks guys :) Well hopefully I'll have it done in a week, since I start a new job in the CIS control room of a certain train operator a week tomorrow.....medical permitting :) Next question - when in 2003 did Laing Rail takeover M40 Trains, the owner...

.....or when North Western Trains (formerly North West Regional Railways) were completely bought out by First Group? (North Western Trains were jointly owned by First and the former NWRR management)

Yeah, probably, and then when they have to go from receiving a Government subsidy to paying the Goverment a premium, they run into trouble.....don't they GNER??? Or was it Virgin??? Does anyone know when Govia bought Thames Trains?

yea that's true, probably facts and figures about the unsuccessful bids have to be kept secret.

good stuff, cheers :) Wikipedia has been the biggest source for me so far :-)

Thanks for that Mojo.. I've found something on the DfT website that says that details of unsuccessful bidders are not released because of commercial confidentiality....so this could be interesting!!! --- old post above --- --- new post below --- oh and I can't read your PM till I've posted 5...

It's a work in progress......as in its progressing as we speak! So I'll do a bit more research myself before begging for gaps. But the info I'm finding hardest to come by are the unsuccessful bidders.....as they say, history is written by the victors!!!! Also the specific dates of...

I'm trying to compile a timeline of what's happened to the various TOCs since privatisation, to include - awarding of franchises and unsuccessful bidders - changes of ownership of the TOCs - changes and combinations of franchises - open access operators Wikipedia has been a good place...