Who runs our railways from London to the West?

grahame

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Who runs our railways from London to the West?

« on: September 30, 2007, 10:25:33 »

* Train Operating Companys (TOCs^▸ ) operate the trains
First Great Western - a part of the First Group

* Network Rail (NR^» ) provide the track and signalling and timetable coordination
Network Rail is a not for profit organisation in public ownership

* The Department for Transport (DfT^» ) specify franchise arrangements to co-ordinate the arrangements

* Transport Authorities provide requirement and direction
In my area, that's Wiltshire County Council (WCC^▸ ).

* ROSCOs^» (Rolling Stock Companies) lease trains to the TOCs
e.g. Porterbrook, Angel Trains

This Section used to be called Who's who at FGW^▸ (First Great Western) but the scope has now been widened to include all the other organisations who form an integral part of the mesh.


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Re: Who runs our railways from London to the West?

« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2009, 16:32:03 »

I have added / extended this section at

http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=5343.0

and will be dropping the "sticky" off this thread - which now has some out of date elements - and it will quietly drop wasy over coming days and weeks.


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Re: Who runs our railways from London to the West?

« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2009, 20:52:12 »

Only obliquely relevant but I saw a green Bentley Continental - R in Marlow today, registration 1 FGW^▸ .

Anyone's here?

OTC


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Re: Who runs our railways from London to the West?

« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2009, 21:40:06 »

Quote from: onthecushions on September 17, 2009, 20:52:12

Only obliquely relevant but I saw a green Bentley Continental - R in Marlow today, registration 1 FGW^▸ .

Anyone's here?

OTC

Not a clue ... It could just as easily be "Fred George Williams" as our local TOC^▸ ... Google for "1 FGW Bentley" brings me the Bentley Train Simulator, Bentley in Hampshire, and John Bentley school in Calne. Also some other research gems which were new links to me and it somehow found:

http://www.canyoutrustthem.com/index.php?go=search&adv=yes&company_name=2100
http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Creedy_Allan_535074196.aspx


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