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| Transport for Wales RailTrafnidiaeth Cymru23 February 2018, following the failure of Carillion. A public consultation has been held. The award was announced 23 May 2018, when KeolisAmey was named as preferred bidder. Exceptionally, the contract runs from 4 June 2018, but responsibility for train services remained with Arriva until 14 October 2018. UPDATE: NATIONALISATION The Welsh Government announced on 22 October that a new management structure was being agreed with KeolisAmey in response to falling revenue caused by the pandemic. Rail services became the responsibility of a new publicly owned subsidiary of Transport for Wales in 2021, which includes a new partnership between Transport for Wales, Keolis and Amey." target="blank" class="mouse" >This franchise replaced Arriva Trains Wales. The award was devolved to the Welsh Government, which has followed a ‘not for profit’ rail model. A shortlist of four Operator and Development Partners was announced by the Welsh Government on 13 October 2016. They were Abellio Rail Cymru (Abellio in partnership with Carillion), Arriva Rail Wales/Rheilffyrdd Arriva Cymru Limited, KeolisAmey and MTR Corporation (Cymru) Ltd. On 30 October 2017 it became known that Arriva Rail Wales/Rheilffyrdd Arriva Cymru Limited had withdrawn from the competition. Abellio also withdrew on 23 February 2018, following the failure of Carillion. A public consultation has been held. The award was announced 23 May 2018, when KeolisAmey was named as preferred bidder. Exceptionally, the contract runs from 4 June 2018, but responsibility for train services remained with Arriva until 14 October 2018. UPDATE: NATIONALISATION The Welsh Government announced on 22 October that a new management structure was being agreed with KeolisAmey in response to falling revenue caused by the pandemic. Rail services became the responsibility of a new publicly owned subsidiary of Transport for Wales in 2021, which includes a new partnership between Transport for Wales, Keolis and Amey. https://tfwrail.wales/$ start date * 4 June 2018 ** $ end date * 14 October 2033 ** start date end date owned by KeolisAmey legal title Keolis Amey Operations / Gweithrediadau Keolis Amey Limited was replaced by Regional and local services in Wales, with some routes extending to English stations. /rh7/industry/database/franchises/bus_franchise.php?doc=^ATW^ |   Friday |
