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South Western Railway (SWR; legal name First MTR South Western Trains Limited, [3]) is a British train operating company owned by FirstGroup (70%) and MTR Corporation (30%) that operates the South Western franchise. On 20 August 2017, SWR took over South Western franchise operations from the previous franchisee South West Trains.
Stagecoach South Western Trains Limited, [1] trading as South West Trains (SWT), was an English train operating company owned by Stagecoach, which operated the South Western franchise between February 1996 and August 2017.
In December 1995, the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising awarded the franchise to South West Trains, a subsidiary of Stagecoach. [1] [2] Operations started on 4 February 1996. [3] In April 2001, the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) awarded Stagecoach a new franchise after it beat bids from FirstGroup/NedRailways and Sea Containers.
Created from NSE unit on privatisation. Awarded to Stagecoach Group. Amalgamated into the South West Trains franchise on 4 February 2007. LTS Rail: National Express: 26 May 1996 6 November 2014 Created from NSE unit on privatisation. Won by Prism Rail. Rebranded to c2c and sold to National Express in July 2000. Two year extension (26 May 2011).
Stagecoach Group is a transport group based in Perth, Scotland. It operates buses and express coaches in the United Kingdom . Stagecoach was originally founded in 1976 as Gloagtrotter , a recreational vehicle and minibus hire business.
When the British Rail passenger services were privatised in the 1990s the lines of the former region were divided between South West Trains, Thameslink, Island Line, Thames Trains, Gatwick Express, Connex South Central and Connex South Eastern. In 2002 the South Central franchise was awarded to Govia and rebranded it "Southern".