Business Profile: Taking the Strain of Running Welsh Trains ; Eryl Crump Talks to the Man Charged with Bringing Together Wales' Railway Services
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MERGING four companies spread over a wide geographical area while running a vital public service was a challenge which Peter Strachan accepted readily. The Aberdeen-born Scot took up his duties as managing director of Arriva Trains Wales last December when the company took over the new all-Wales rail franchise.
Unlike Peter's homeland, Wales didn't get a separate rail franchise when the network was privatised a decade ago. Instead, services in Wales were provided by four different franchises -- a situation that local authorities in Wales were never very happy with, and officials often made their feelings known.See the full content of this document
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Business Profile: Taking the Strain of Running Welsh Trains ; Eryl Crump Talks to the Man Charged with Bringing Together Wales' Railway Services
Eventually the government agreed to create an all-Wales operating franchise. Last year the Strategic Rail Authority awarded a 15-year franchise to Sunderland-based transport giant Arriva and now Arriva Trains Wales embraces all local and regional passenger rail services within Wales.
These include services from Cardiff to Hereford, Shr...See the full content of this document
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