Greater Western Passenger Rail Franchise

Inquiry type:Acquisition

Status: Completed

Date: 30.09.05 - 08.03.06

Welcome to the home-page of the Greater Western Passenger Rail Franchise inquiry

For information: This initially concerned three proposed acquisitions of the Greater Western Passenger Rail Franchise which were being considered by one Group in a single inquiry. Two of the references were cancelled in December 2005 following the award of the franchise to FirstGroup plc

Core Inquiry Documents
Terms of reference: National Express Group PLC   Terms of reference: FirstGroup plc   Terms of reference: Stagecoach Holdings plc   Members of inquiry   Administrative Timetable Issues Statement	Notice of cancellation: National Express Group PLC   Notice of cancellation: Stagecoach Holdings plc Summary of provisional findings   Notice of provisional findings  Provisional findings report  Final report

Announcements CC clears FirstGroup acquisition of Greater Western passenger rail franchise(pdf, 28kb) Provisional clearance of Firstgroup's acquisition of GWF Rail Franchise (pdf, 31kb) CC cancels National Express and Stagecoach Greater Western passenger rail franchise inquiry references (pdf, 25kb) Greater Western passenger rail franchise merger inquiries -Statement of issues (pdf, 37kb) FirstGroup plc, National Express Group PLC and Stagecoach Holdings plc proposed acquisition of Greater Western Passenger Rail Franchise: Competition Commission invites evidence(pdf, 34kb)

Evidence   Third party submissions from local authorities and other organisations   Third party submissions from members of the public   Main party submissions   Summaries of main points made at hearings Surveys   Survey of public transport users in SW England conducted by Synovate Ltd (pdf, 753kb)