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  2. List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom

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    Franchise InterCity East Coast: DfT Operator: 91% 24 June 2018: Virgin Trains East Coast: GR Lumo: Open access — FirstGroup — 25 October 2021 — LD Merseyrail: Merseytravel contract Merseyrail Serco-Abellio: 90% 20 July 2003: Arriva Trains Merseyside: ME Northern Trains: Franchise Northern DfT Operator: 77% 1 March 2020: Arriva Rail North ...

  3. State-owned enterprises of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    After extensive privatisation of the public sector during the Margaret Thatcher administration, there remain few statutory corporations in the UK. Privatisation began in the late 1970s, and notable privatisations include the Central Electricity Generating Board, British Rail, and more recently Royal Mail.

  4. Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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    Gatwick Express, the third railway service to be franchised in 1996. Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain is the system of contracting the operation of the passenger services on the railways of Great Britain to private companies, which has been in effect since 1996 and was greatly altered in 2020, with rail franchising being effectively abolished in May 2021.

  5. List of convenience shops in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Symbol group in England and Wales founded in 1872. Central Convenience Stores Bestway Wholesale: Central is a franchise based convenience shop chain based in the Dorset area. [23] Costcutter: 1986 Bestway Wholesale: Symbol group and convenience shops supplied by Nisa; operates under the Costcutter, mycostcutter, Mace, Supershop and kwiksave ...

  6. Symbol group - Wikipedia

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    An example of a Centra shop on Stranmills Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland. A symbol group is a form of franchise of convenience shops, found primarily in the United Kingdom and Ireland. They do not own or operate shops, but act as suppliers to independent shops which then trade under a common banner.

  7. Operator of last resort - Wikipedia

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    An operator of last resort is a business in the United Kingdom that operates a railway franchise, on behalf of the government, when a train operating company (TOC) is no longer able to do so, and are nationalised on an interim basis. Since the last appointment in June 2023, there are now six such operators of seven rail services in England ...