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Great Western Link
4 November 2003 meant that a separate two-year contract was needed, and this was named Great Western Link in anticipation of the creation of a ’Greater Western’ franchise in 2006, which absorbed Great Western Link, the intercity Great Western franchise and Wessex Trains and would be known as First Great Western." target="blank" class="mouse" >A short franchise created when FirstGroup bid successfully for an extension of Thames Trains against the existing franchisee Govia.
The SRA’s choice of First as preferred bidder on 4 November 2003 meant that a separate two-year contract was needed, and this was named Great Western Link in anticipation of the creation of a ’Greater Western’ franchise in 2006, which absorbed Great Western Link, the intercity Great Western franchise and Wessex Trains and would be known as First Great Western.
$ start date * 1 April 2004 ** $ end date * 1 April 2006 **
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owned by
FirstGroup plc (Great Western Holdings Ltd)
legal title
First Great Western Link Limited
was replaced by
Outer London suburban and regional services. London Paddington-Slough-Reading–Basingstoke/Guildford-Gatwick Airport/Newbury-Bedwyn/Didcot Parkway-Oxford-Bicester Town/Banbury (-Leamington Spa/Stratford-upon-Avon until December 2004)/Worcester-Hereford. Thames Valley branch lines to Henley, Marlow, Windsor & Eton Central, Greenford.
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