NationMaster - Encyclopedia: WAGN

wagn was a franchise operator of commuter train services out of London King's Cross and Moorgate stations. In December 2005, wagn lost the franchise to run these routes, which was taken over on 1 April 2006 by FirstGroup as successful bidders for the new combined Thameslink-Great Northern franchise. First operates the new First Capital Connect brand. BBC News Announcement Image File history File links Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Wagn class 317/1 outer suburban unit no. ... East of England is one of the official regions of England. ... Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London and forms one of the nine regions of England. ... National Express Group plc is a UK based transport group, operating airport, bus and rail services in the UK, the US, Canada and Australia. ... This article is about the London railway station. ... Moorgate station Moorgate station is a London Underground and mainline station in the City of London, located on Moorgate, the street of the same name, north of London Wall. ... Livery of First Group vehicles shown on a bus in Bristol First Group PLC is a British transport company operating in the United Kingdom and North America, with headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland. ... The Thameslink route is operated with a fleet of 72 dual-voltage Class 319 electric multiple units. ... First Capital Connect is a train operating company in the United Kingdom that began its passenger operations on the National Rail network at 02:00 BST 1 April 2006. ...

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West Anglia

Wagn stands for West Anglia Great Northern and initially also operated services from London Liverpool Street to Enfield, Hertford East, Stansted Airport, and Cambridge. These services formed the 'West Anglia' part of the WAGN brand and in April 2004 West Anglia services were absorbed into the new "one" franchise operating all services from Liverpool Street. Both wagn and one are owned by National Express Group. At this point wagn stopped referring to itself as West Anglia Great Northern and instead as ‘wagn’, spelling each letter out for automated announcements. The public, however, frequently use the term ‘wagon’ to refer to the company and its trains. Liverpool Street station in 1896. ... Enfield is the name of several places. ... Hertford East Station, fifteen minutes walk from Hertford North Station, is served by one railway services. ... Terminal building, designed by Sir Norman Foster Stansted Airport is a medium-sized passenger airport with a single runway, located in the English county of Essex about thirty miles north of London. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Class 317, no. ... National Express Group plc is a UK based transport group, operating airport, bus and rail services in the UK, the US, Canada and Australia. ...

During the period when timetable reliability was at an all-time low, the expressions ‘We Ain't Going Nowhere’, ‘We Are Going Now’ and ‘Wait Ages Get Nowhere’ became popular with some more cynical travellers, names which seems to have stuck. The irony is the Class 365 units are now the most reliable trains in Britain with a Mean Time Between Failure of over 60,000 miles. Categories: Stub | Multiple Units ...

Wagn was originally owned by Prism Rail, which was subsequently absorbed by National Express Group.

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Categories: Article titles with lowercase initial letters | Post-privatisation British railway companies Due to historical differences the railway network of the United Kingdom is split into two independent systems: one on the island of Great Britain and one in Northern Ireland, which is closely linked to the railway system of the Republic of Ireland. ... Anglia Railways was a British Train Operating Company, owned by GB Railways, which between January 1997 and March 2004 operated mainline trains out of London Liverpool Street station and a number of local rail services in East Anglia. ... See Also Ufton Nervet rail crash Categories: Stub | British railway companies ... Connex South Central was a short-lived train operating company in the United Kingdom. ... A Class 423 4Vep unit in Connex South Eastern livery at Waterloo East in February 2003. ... First Great Eastern was a successful railway company that operated suburban, local and medium distance train services from London Liverpool Street via Romford to Essex and Ipswich. ... First Great Western Link is a train operating company owned by First Group that provides train services, on a franchise basis, from Paddington Station to destinations such as Slough, Reading, Didcot, Oxford, Basingstoke, Newbury, Bedwyn, Hereford, Worcester and Banbury. ... South Eastern Trains (SET) is a British train operating company set up to provide train services in the south-east of England including Kent, parts of East Sussex, and the South-East London commuter routes. ... Thames Trains was a British railway company franchised (from September 1996, following the privatisation of British Rail, until 31 March 2004) to run regional and suburban trains from London Paddington station to destinations in the home counties west of London (also to Worcester, Hereford and Stratford-upon-Avon), as well... Thameslink was a train operating company in the United Kingdom, run by Govia (a joint venture between Go-Ahead Group and Keolis â€” previously Via-GTI, renamed following its acquisition by SNCF). ... An Arriva train in North Wales Arriva is a private company which runs public transport services throughout the United Kingdom. ... An Arriva train in North Wales Arriva is a private company which runs public transport services throughout the United Kingdom. ... First North Western was a train operating company in the United Kingdom serving North West England. ... --Insert article here-- Categories: Post-privatisation British railway companies ... This article is about the railway company Northern Spirit. ... The Valley Lines are the local train services in South Wales from Cardiff. ... Class 158, no. ... On 14 October 2001 the former Wales and West company, a part of the National Express Group, was divided into two new companies, Wales and Borders Trains for services in Wales and Central England and Wessex Trains for the West Country and South West England. ... A Wessex Class 153 A Class 150/2 unit in West Country advertising livery. ...

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