First 20-year franchise

By 2002-03-01T11:00:00

M40 Trains has secured the first 20-year franchise awarded by Britain’s Strategic Rail Authority. The new Chiltern Railways agreement was signed on February 18 and starts this month. M40 won the original seven-year Chiltern franchise in July 1996, but the SRA called bids for a longer replacement and chose M40 ...

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