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Article: Northern rail services go Dutch...State-owned Holland railway and British company win franchise to operate trains across region
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- Yorkshire Post
- Article date:
- July 2, 2004
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William Green
Transport Correspondent
THE state-owned railway of Holland and a British company are set
to run more than 2,000 Northern rail services, train chiefs revealed
yesterday.
British firm Serco and NedRailways, a subsidiary of Holland's
state-owned train operator NS, have been chosen to jointly run the
new Northern Rail franchise - subject to final negotiations - from
the autumn.
The partnership, which beat FirstGroup to the contract, already
operates the Merseyrail franchise, which has nearly 95 per cent
punctuality.
Northern Rail will stretch from north of Newcastle and Carlisle to
Scarborough and Cleethorpes, across to Leeds, Manchester and
Liverpool, and down into Lincoln and ...