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Stakeholder briefing documents from 2005 for the integrated Kent franchise agreement and a 2011 franchise continuation review factsheet.
Forms to be used by operators and local authorities in relation to appeals of local bus service permits in a franchised area.
Response to an FOI request asking for details of any correspondence in 2013 between the Wales Office and the Welsh Government on the future of the Wales and Borders Rail Franchise.
This factsheet is for tied pub tenants who want information about pub franchise agreements.
An Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) notice for the rail franchising pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) passport.
A 2015 Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) notice for the East Anglia rail franchise.
Asking for views on proposals for improving train services on the Great Western rail network from April 2020.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Specification for the Great Western second direct award and a summary of consultation responses.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Invitation to tender documentation issued in 2015 for the TransPennine Express (TPE) rail passenger franchise.
Invitation to tender documentation issued in 2015 for the Northern rail passenger franchise.
Seek views on priorities for the next South Western rail franchise.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Seeks views on revising notification factors for franchised passenger operators as part of the Office of Rail and Road's 2018 periodic review of Network Rail.
Employment Tribunal decision.
Guidance for local authorities in England on how to set up a bus franchising to improve local bus services.
Seeks the views of the public and stakeholders on rail services that run in the West Midlands franchise area.
Government’s formal response to the recommendations in Richard Brown’s review of the rail franchising programme published in January 2013.
Sets out how to apply for a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) passport — needed to participate in future rail franchising competitions.
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