Serco-NedRailways

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Serco-NedRailways
Type Joint venture
Founded 2002[1]
Headquarters virtual[2]
Area served Northern England
Industry Train operating company
Owner Serco and the
NedRailways division of Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Subsidiaries Merseyrail
Northern Rail
Website www.serco-nedrailways.com

Serco-NedRailways is a trading name for the organization that controls Merseyrail and Northern Rail, two of Great Britain's franchised passenger train operating companies.[3]

The business is a 50:50 consortium owned by NedRailways, the UK subsidiary of Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) and Serco Group. NS, or Dutch Railways, is the state railway company of the Netherlands. Serco, a UK-based public company, is an international provider of outsourced public sector services, and an operator of public transport systems such as London's Docklands Light Railway.

The objective of the joint venture is to operate passenger rail services in Great Britain.[4]

The joint venture also submitted an unsuccessful bid for the West Midlands passenger rail franchise period that began in 2007 (awarded to London Midland.)[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Press release "Northern Rail wins Rail Business of the Year". Serco-NedRailways (2008-02-28). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  2. ^ Our People. Serco-NedRailways. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  3. ^ Juliette Jowit. "Dutch railway to share new Northern franchise", The Observer, 2004-10-17. 
  4. ^ Welcome to Serco-NedRailways. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  5. ^ AFX News Limited / Thomson Financial. "UK govt awards West Midlands rail franchise to Go-Ahead Group UPDATE", Forbes, 2007-06-21. 

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