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Greater Western is a railway franchise for the provision of passenger services from London Paddington to the Cotswolds, West of England, South West England and South Wales. The current holder is Great Western Railway. ==History== (詳細はStrategic Rail Authority, it was announced that the Great Western, Thames Trains and Wessex Trains franchises would be combined to form the Greater Western Franchise. This was part of a Strategic Rail Authority strategy to reduce the number of train operating companies providing services from a single London terminal. This was expected to improve efficiency and reliability. In April 2005 the Strategic Rail Authority announced that FirstGroup, National Express and Stagecoach had been shortlisted to bid for the new franchise. In December 2005 the Department for Transport awarded the franchise to First with the services operated by First Great Western, First Great Western Link and Wessex Trains transferred to First Great Western on 1 April 2006. The franchise was for ten years with the last three years being optional. Unusually this option could be actioned by either party, normally these are at the sole discretion of the Department for Transport. On 14 May 2011 First announced it would not be taking up the option, with the franchise to end on 31 March 2013, citing a desire for a longer-term contract due to the impending upgrade to the Great Western Main Line. In January 2013 the government announced the franchise competition had been cancelled with the existing franchise extended until 12 October 2013 when it would be terminated. Negotiations are taking place with FirstGroup for it to run the franchise on a management contract basis for two years.〔(Rail franchising future programme ) Department for Transport 31 January 2013〕 In January 2013, the government announced that the current competition for the franchise had been terminated, and that FirstGroup's contract had been extended until October 2013.〔 A two-year franchise extension until September 2015 was agreed in October 2013, and subsequently extended until March 2019. A further extension to April 2019 was granted in March 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Greater Western franchise」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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