| Type | Joint venture |
|---|---|
| Industry | Train operating company |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | virtual |
| Area served | Northern England |
| Owner(s) |
Serco and the |
| Subsidiaries | Merseyrail Northern Rail |
Serco-Abellio (formerly 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.[1]
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The business is a 50-50 joint venture between the Abellio and Serco groups. Abellio is a fully owned subsidiary of NS, Dutch Railways, the former 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 joint venture also submitted an unsuccessful bid for the West Midlands passenger rail franchise period that began in 2007 (awarded to London Midland.)[2]
The objective of the joint venture is to operate passenger rail services in Great Britain.[3]
In February 2009, Serco-Abellio were shortlisted as a possible company to run the Tyne and Wear Metro service in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.[4]