Great Western Holdings
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Great Western Holdings[1] was formed in December 1994 to bid for rail franchises in the United Kingdom during the Privatisation of British Rail. Shares in the company were held by Richard George, Brian Scott and some other British Rail managers (51%), FirstBus (24.5%) and 3i (24.5%).[2][3]
Great Western Holdings bid for a number of rail franchises winning the First Great Western and the First North Western franchises in 1996 and 1997.[4][5][6]
In March 1998, FirstGroup bought out its partners to give it 100% ownership.[7][8]
References
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- ↑ Companies House extract company no 2996875 Great Western Holdings Limited
- ↑ The passenger train The Guardian 20 September 1997
- ↑ Railway Organisations Research Paper 99/80 House of Commons Library 20 September 1999
- ↑ No Headline The Independent 31 January 1997
- ↑ Railway Organisations Research Paper 99/80 House of Commons Library 20 September 1999
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- ↑ Rail bosses cash in on privatised gravy train The Independent 7 March 1998
- ↑ FirstGroup Annual Report 31 March 1999 Template:Webarchive
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