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West Anglia Great Northern〔(Companies House extract company no 3007944 ) West Anglia Great Northern Railway Limited〕 was a train operating company in England owned by National Express, that operated the West Anglia Great Northern franchise from January 1997 until March 2004 and the Great Northern franchise from April 2004 until March 2006. ==History== Prism Rail was awarded the West Anglia Great Northern franchise and commenced operations on 5 January 1997.〔(Railway Organisations Research Paper 99/80 ) House of Commons Library 20 September 1999〕 West Anglia Great Northern made an open access application to extend services from Peterborough to Doncaster but this was rejected by the Office of Rail Regulation.〔"WAGN - Simply no space on East Coast for locals" ''Rail'' issue 374 12 January 2000 page 5〕 In July 2000 to, West Anglia Great Northern was included in the sale of Prism Rail to National Express.〔(National Express buys Prism for £166m ) ''The Telegraph'' 19 July 2000〕〔(National Express buys Prism for £166m ) ''The Guardian'' 19 July 2000〕 In 2002 as part of a franchise reorganisation by the Strategic Rail Authority, it was announced that the franchise would be split with the West Anglia part merged into the Greater Anglia franchise.〔''Rail'' issue 426 9 January 2002 page 4〕 In December 2003, the Strategic Rail Authority awarded the Greater Anglia franchise to National Express, with the West Anglia services transferring to One on 1 April 2004.〔(National Express wins rail franchise ) ''The Telegraph'' 22 December 2003〕 After being granted a two-year franchise extension, the Great Northern services were retained with the company now referring to itself as WAGN rather than West Anglia Great Northern.〔(Franchising Program Continues Apace ) Strategic Rail Authority 13 February 2004〕 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「West Anglia Great Northern」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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