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Table 13.1
Rail passenger franchises
Franchise
London terminus
From
Long distance
East Coast Main Line
(ECML)
Kings Cross
West Yorkshire, NE
England, Scotland
Greater Western
Paddington
S Wales, SW England,
Thames Valley
Includes all local
services
Cross Country
[Via Birmingham]
Plymouth/
Bournemouth-
Manchester/
Edinburgh
West Coast Main Line
(WCML)
Euston
West Midlands, NW
England, Glasgow
Regional to/from London
Capital Connect
Faringdon (through)
Bedford/Cambridge-
Gatwick/Brighton
One
Liverpool Street
Essex, East Anglia
C2C
Fenchurch Street
Southend
South Eastern
Charing X/Victoria
Kent*
Southern
Victoria/London Br
Sussex
South West
Waterloo
Surrey/Hampshire
Chiltern
Marylebone
Bucks/Warwickshire
London Midland
Euston
West Midlands
Inc. outer suburban
services to/from
Euston on WCML
East Midlands
St Pancras
East Midlands
Inc. main line services
between London and
Sheffield/Nottingham
Other regional
Trans-Pennine
NE England and
Yorkshire to NW
England
Express services
Northern
Local services within
above
Scotrail
Services within
Scotland
Wales & Border
Services within and
bordering Wales
Note: Additional smaller franchises include Merseyrail (within Liverpool conurbation), North London
and Isle of Wight
* High-speed services from East Kent into London St Pancras via CTRL to be franchised separately
timing of services they intended to run commercially (i.e. without subsidy). After D-day
only 42 days notice had to be given of any change to registered services (including
additions and withdrawals). Fares were a matter of commercial discretion and public
authorities lost the ability to subsidise them.
Registration was and remains automatic - there are no public-interest criteria applied
as far as service patterns are concerned and there are no powers available to modify
directly whatever operators propose. The only exception is that the Commissioners
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