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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.
(Source: Adapted from Seymour) By comparison when universal manhood suffrage was introduced for the 1918 general election, there were 12,913,166 registered male electors in the United Kingdom (including University electors), as opposed to the registration at the December 1910 general election of 7,709,981 (again including University electors).
Franchising may be for a determined or undetermined period of time. The undetermined one can only be annulled either by a notice before a reasonable amount of time or by a just cause. The franchising agreement with a determined time period ends within the end of the time period if not specified otherwise in the agreement.
The Representation of the People Act 1867 (30 & 31 Vict. c. 102), known as the Reform Act 1867 or the Second Reform Act, is an act of the British Parliament that enfranchised part of the urban male working class in England and Wales for the first time, extending the franchise from landowners of freehold property above a certain value, to ...
The Emergence of British Parliamentary Democracy in the Nineteenth Century: The Passing of the Reform Acts of 1832, 1867, and 1884-1885. (Major Issues in History). (John Wiley and Sons. 1971) online also at Google Books. Evans, Eric J. Parliamentary reform in Britain, c. 1770-1918 (Longman, 1999) Himmelfarb, Gertrude.
Following the Bus Services Act 2017, Greater Manchester became the first city-region to start the process of bus franchising by requesting data from bus operators, [29] with it being confirmed on 24 June 2019 that the franchising of bus services would be the preferred option in the Greater Manchester area. [30]
It was the only general strike in British history, for TUC leaders such as Ernest Bevin considered it a mistake. Most historians treat it as a singular event with few long-term consequences, but Martin Pugh says it accelerated the movement of working-class voters to the Labour Party, which led to future gains. [ 161 ]
The period from 1995 covers the history of rail transport in Great Britain following the privatisation of British Rail. During this period, passenger volumes have grown rapidly, [1] safety has improved, [2] [3] and subsidies per journey have fallen. However, there is debate as to whether this is due to privatisation or to better government ...