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Article: Arriva on the track of South West Trains franchise.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 8, 2005
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LONDON'S biggest bus operator, Arriva, is to have a tilt at taking over South West Trains, writes Robert Lea.
In the current round of refranchising on London's railways, Arriva has failed to make the shortlist for any of the licences to run an enlarged Greater Western franchise out of Paddington, the Thameslink services or the new Integrated Kent franchise which used to be known as Connex South East.
Earnings growth has stalled after Arriva lost the highly subsidised Northern Trains franchise last year, and chief executive Bob Davies is hungry to replace that income.
"You will see us having a go at some of the other franchises coming up, and ...