Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern is a management contract for the provision of passenger services on the Thameslink and Great Northern routes to Bedford, Luton, Peterborough, King's Lynn, Cambr
Thameslink Class 700 at Blackfriars
Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain was the system of contracting the operation of the passenger services on the railways of Great Britain to private companies, which was in effect from 1996 b
Gatwick Express, the third railway service to be franchised in 1996
Before privatisation: an InterCity train owned and operated by British Rail
After franchising: a GNER operated train on the InterCity East Coast franchise
Temporary state ownership: East Coast was brought in to run the failed InterCity East Coast franchise in 2009