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	central independent television
		When Central launched, its region was subdivided into two (one for the West Midlands (with studios in Birmingham and one for the East Midlands (with studios in Nottingham)) to counter criticisms that former franchise-holder ATV was too West Midlands-centric.
		This led to the BBC also producing two news programmes (Midlands Today for the West and East Midlands Today for the East).
		Later on, Central added a South Midlands region (based in Oxford and producing Central News South), bur the BBC did not follow suit for many years, until an Oxford opt-out of BBC South Today was launched in 2003.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Central_Independent_Television.html

	RailNews: Railway information from around the world
		The new franchise involves providing services between London, parts of East Anglia, the East Midlands, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, the North East and Scotland along the east coast main line and other routes.
		Final bids are being invited from the four groups who are chasing the new franchise on the east coast main rail line between London and Scotland.
		Services on the east coast main line are currently operated by GNER.
	www.railpersonnel.com /railnews/railnews071004txt.htm (1388 words)

	Transport Links Railways
		Anglia Railways - Anglia Railways operate the Intercity services from East Anglia into London and also local services in the East Anglia region though there is possibly some changes to create a new franchise to merge with the Humber area, though this is still under discussion.
		Operating the Centro network for the West Midlands, and also services into South and Mid-Wales, East Anglia and up to Liverpool and Manchester.
		West Coast serving the Midlands and North West and Scotland, while Cross Country (XC) serve areas of the South West (Plymouth, Bristol and South Wales), South East (Brighton and Portsmouth and Bournemouth) to serve the North West and East and Scotland.
	www.wongers.co.uk /charlie/rail.html (1388 words)

	BBC NEWS England Virgin boss loses rail line bid
		The new franchise involves providing services between London, parts of East Anglia, the East Midlands, Yorkshire, Humberside, the North East and Scotland along the East Coast Main Line and other routes.
		The Virgin consortium qualified as bidders for the East Coast franchise in May.
		The new franchise - to run from May 2005 - will last for seven-10 years, depending on time-keeping and service.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/3877793.stm (333 words)

	BBC NEWS UK Scotland Renewed bid for east coast line
		The new franchise involves providing services between London, parts of East Anglia, the East Midlands, Yorkshire, Humberside, the North East and Scotland along the east coast main line and other routes.
		The companies said that the Strategic Rail Authority confirmed the new bid met pre-qualification tender requirements for the InterCity East Coast franchise.
		A bid by Stagecoach and Virgin to take over east coast main line services from Edinburgh to London is back on track.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3617402.stm (249 words)

	Transport Links Railways
		Anglia Railways - Anglia Railways operate the Intercity services from East Anglia into London and also local services in the East Anglia region though there is possibly some changes to create a new franchise to merge with the Humber area, though this is still under discussion.
		West Coast serving the Midlands and North West and Scotland, while Cross Country (XC) serve areas of the South West (Plymouth, Bristol and South Wales), South East (Brighton and Portsmouth and Bournemouth) to serve the North West and East and Scotland.
		Company is owned by Stagecoach Holdings PLC who operate bus services in many parts of the country such as East Kent, Exeter, London, Cambridge, Manchester and Sussex.
	www.wongers.co.uk /charlie/rail.html (249 words)

	BBC NEWS UK Scotland Renewed bid for east coast line
		The new franchise involves providing services between London, parts of East Anglia, the East Midlands, Yorkshire, Humberside, the North East and Scotland along the east coast main line and other routes.
		A bid by Stagecoach and Virgin to take over east coast main line services from Edinburgh to London is back on track.
		Stagecoach and Virgin already jointly operate the West Coast and CrossCountry franchises.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/uk_news/scotland/3617402.stm (249 words)

	ASLEF > ABOUT > ASLEF Transport
		West Anglia services (from Liverpool Street) including Stansted Express to form part of the; Greater Anglia franchise from 2004 to serve Liverpool Street — along with the First Great Eastern franchise and the Anglia franchise.
		The franchise proposals were associated with extensive upgrade of the East Coast Main Line but following receipt from Railtrack of a range of higher cost estimates for the ECML upgrades the SRA called a pause and eventually a stop to the process.
		All three current franchises (Anglia Railways, Great Eastern and West Anglia) are due to expire on 31 March 2004.
	www.aslef.org.uk /about/transport/franchise_terminations.html (249 words)

	UK govt to replace four franchises in Central Trains area with three new ones - Forbes.com
		An East Midlands franchise is being created that will run services to and from London's St Pancras station as well as regional and local services in the East Midlands.
		There will also be a new West Midlands franchise that will run local services there and the West Coast Main Line services to and from London's Euston Station, which are currently operated by Silverlink County.
		LONDON (AFX) - The Department for Transport said it plans to replace the four rail franchises that operate in the Central Trains area in the Midlands with three when the current ones expire.
	www.forbes.com /afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2005/10/18/afx2282264.html (433 words)

	Rail Companies in the UK
		Central Trains Limited links the towns and cities of mid Wales, the Heart of England and East Anglia with a network of fast, comfortable services as well as providing local services in the East and West midlands, mid Wales, Lincolnshire and across to Norwich.
		CrossCountry operate InterCity and Express services from Scotland, the North West and North East through the Midlands to the South and South West - and back again.
		The franchise of this company was awarded to Prism Rail.
	www.o-keating.com /hsr/companies.htm (433 words)

	Guardian Unlimited UK Latest Virgin loses CrossCountry franchise
		The East Midlands franchise will operate intercity services to and from St Pancras station in London and regional and local services in the East Midlands.
		The West Midlands franchise will operate local and regional services in the West Midlands and the West Coast Main Line outer suburban services to and from Euston station in London currently operated by Silverlink County.
		In the meantime, there will be interim Central Trains and Silverlink franchises extending from their current expiry dates in 2006 to a new expiry date of autumn 2007.
	www.guardian.co.uk /uklatest/story/0,1271,-5351451,00.html (271 words)

	Transport Links Railways
		West Coast serving the Midlands and North West and Scotland, while Cross Country (XC) serve areas of the South West (Plymouth, Bristol and South Wales), South East (Brighton and Portsmouth and Bournemouth) to serve the North West and East and Scotland.
		Operating the Centro network for the West Midlands, and also services into South and Mid-Wales, East Anglia and up to Liverpool and Manchester.
		Midland Mainline - Operating out of St Pancras the franchise for the Intercity Midland Mainline route.
	www.wongers.co.uk /charlie/rail.html (271 words)

	BBC NEWS England Rail shake-up hits Virgin Trains
		In turn, the West Midlands franchise will offer local services and trains from London Euston, a service currently offered by Silverlink.
		The East Midlands network will cover local services in the area and intercity trains between London's St Pancras station and the East Midlands.
		Under the plans the new Cross Country network will incorporate Central Trains' current services which cover Nottingham to Cardiff routes, Nottingham to Hereford and Birmingham-Stansted Airport.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/newsFeedXML/moreover/-/1/hi/england/4352660.stm (279 words)

	ITV -
		The weekday broadcaster in this region, Granada, was awarded the full week franchise for the North-West and a new company called Yorkshire Television was awarded the eastern areas, mostly in Yorkshire.
		Meridian Broadcasting won the South and South-East England franchise, replacing TVS.
		Westcountry Television won the South West England franchise, replacing TSW.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/ITV (1793 words)

	Train companies operating in the UK
		Anglia, Great Eastern and West Anglia (Liverpool Street) services from the Wagn franchise (including Stansted Express).
		Arriva Trains Northern covers approximately 45,000 miles every day on a network which stretches from the East to West coasts and from the North East to the North Midlands
		Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) - high-speed inter-city train services along Britain's East Coast main line linking England and Scotland along a route of almost 1,000 miles.
	www.buytrainticket.co.uk /train-companies.htm (1793 words)

	List of Irish radio stations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On 8 September 2005 the BCI announced that it would extend independent regional radio to a number of other areas, with youth-based franchises being offered for the South West, North West, and North East and Midlands, and country and Irish music franchises for the North East and Mid West.
		Tipperary Mid-West Radio - held a very small franchise for South West Tipperary.
		As well as this, a franchise for a "classic gold" service will be offered for Dublin, Cork, Galway, and Limerick cities (with a single contractor to run the services in all the cities).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Irish_radio_stations#RT.C3.89_.28national_state_broadcaster.29 (703 words)

	pressrelease
		The construction of East Midlands Parkway Station - a new, £17m multi-modal park and ride facility for the East Midlands, which is expected to open in 2002
		Since we won the Midland Mainline franchise, we have shown that by improving services we can attract more passengers.
		The agreement is designed to increase and accelerate investment in Midland Mainline in two ways.
	www.nationalexpressgroup.com /nx/mc/releases/pressrelease?id=3279159 (465 words)

	Railway Operators in Great Britain
		Central Trains Limited links the towns and cities of mid Wales, the Heart of England and East Anglia with a network of fast, comfortable services as well as providing local services in the East and West midlands, mid Wales, Lincolnshire and across to Norwich.
		The franchise that is run by Arriva Trains Wales consists of the former "Valley Lines" part of the Wales and Borders franchise (originally the Cardiff Railway Company Ltd., running local trains around Cardiff), and the Welsh part of the original Wales and West, Central Trains and North West Regional Railways franchises.
		ATW - Arriva Trains Wales Ltd./Trenau Arriva Cymru Cyf.
	europa.iet.unipi.it /list/uk.html (2441 words)

	case_study
		Subway a tasty tenant for East Midlands landlords
		Subway, the international sandwich franchise chain, has just signed up its fourth Nottingham City unit as part of the company’s rapid expansion programme throughout the UK and Ireland.
		LSH let 16,612 sq ft industrial unit in Openshaw, East Manchester.
	www.lsh.co.uk /content/front_templates/news/current_news_listing.php (8423 words)

	Railway Operators in Great Britain
		Central Trains Limited links the towns and cities of mid Wales, the Heart of England and East Anglia with a network of fast, comfortable services as well as providing local services in the East and West midlands, mid Wales, Lincolnshire and across to Norwich.
		The franchise that is run by Arriva Trains Wales consists of the former "Valley Lines" part of the Wales and Borders franchise (originally the Cardiff Railway Company Ltd., running local trains around Cardiff), and the Welsh part of the original Wales and West, Central Trains and North West Regional Railways franchises.
		This company (actually Wisconsin Central from the USA) bought the former BR freight train operating units Loadhaul, Mainline Freight, Rail Express Systems and Transrail.
	europa.iet.unipi.it /list/uk.html (8423 words)

	ITV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		ATV lost their Midlands franchise to Central Independent Television (Central) which was basically a restructured and renamed ATV.
		Carlton Television won the London Weekday franchise, replacing Thames Television.
		In the three main areas - London, North of England and the Midlands - ITV was launched in September 1955, February 1956 and Mar 1956.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Itv (1484 words)

	Scotsman.com Business - The railways - GNER gets Hong Kong metro on board for bid
		Under the name of Great South Eastern Railway, the two companies will launch a bid for the new Integrated Kent franchise, which is expected to start next year and will take over services currently operated by SE Trains, as well as high-speed services on the new Channel Tunnel Rail Link from 2008-9.
		GNER, which is owned by Sea Containers, carries more than 15 million passengers a year on a 920-mile route between London King’s Cross, the East Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside, the north-east and Scotland and employs more than 3200 staff.
		The MTR Corporation, which operates the Hong Kong metro service, has taken a 29 per cent stake in a partnership with GNER, which runs train services on the East Coast Main Line between London and the north of England and Scotland.
	business.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=168&id=1355242004 (1484 words)

	W45 - Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) (frame page - operates correctly from www.wildlifeinformation.org/PREVIEW_WILDPro)
		GNER has come a long way in a short space of time, since winning a seven-year franchise to operate high speed passenger rail services on the East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross, the East Midlands, Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland.
		All enquiries should be made to the Customer Relations Department, Great North Eastern Railway Room M93, Main Headquarters, Station Road, York, YO1 6HT or phone 08457 225 333.
		A: Any comments, complaints or suggestions should be made to our Customer Relations Department at the address below: Customer Relations Manager, Great North Eastern Railway Room M93, Main Headquarters, Station Road, York, YO1 6HT
	www.wildlifeinformation.org /Subdirectories_for_Search2/SampleWebsites/w0045.htm (970 words)

	W45 - Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) (frame page - operates correctly from www.wildlifeinformation.org/PREVIEW_WILDPro)
		GNER has come a long way in a short space of time, since winning a seven-year franchise to operate high speed passenger rail services on the East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross, the East Midlands, Yorkshire, the North East and Scotland.
		GNER hope to add 10 high speed electric tilting trains to the fleet at a cost of £150 million.
		GNER are valued sponsors of the Wildlife Information Network.
	www.wildlifeinformation.org /Subdirectories_for_Search2/SampleWebsites/w0045.htm (970 words)

	Virgin Trains article - Virgin Trains train Richard Branson Virgin privatisation British Rail 1990s - What-Means.com
		The other franchise Virgin obtained was the separate franchise to run most of the UK's cross country rail services (which generally means long distance services not operating to or from London), which tend to run South-West to North-East and South to North-West via Birmingham.
		Virgin were successful in the bids for 2 franchises, the first being to run express train services on the West Coast Main Line (WCML).
		This part of the company is called Virgin West Coast (VWC) and provides services to London Euston to the West Midlands, the North West and Scotland.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/VWC (970 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: ITV
		ATV was restructured into Central Independent Television (Central), and the Midlands converted to a dual region.
		Carlton Television won the London Weekday franchise, replacing Thames Television.
		In the three main areas - London, North of England and the Midlands - ITV was launched in September 1955, February 1956 and Mar 1956.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/?title=ITV (1805 words)

	BBC News SCOTLAND Capital agrees Border carve-up
		These are four radio stations - three of which are branded as Century Radio and operate in north east and north west England and the East Midlands, while the fourth, Sun FM, broadcasts in Sunderland.
		The carve-up will see Granada buy Border's ITV regional franchise, which broadcasts to southern Scotland and the north of England, while Capital will be left with the company's radio assets.
		Media and hotels group Granada has agreed a deal to buy the television business of Border TV for £50m.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/scotland/716361.stm (328 words)

	Central History
		Additionally Central took a 20% stake in collaboration with MAI and SelecTV in the winning consortium for the South and South East franchise Meridian.
		Central pulled what was possibly the masterstroke of the round for the 1993- franchises - a further split in its own region, creating a southern sub-region based on the Oxford and Ridge Hill transmitters with its own news service.
		Three applications were received: ATV Midlands Ltd, Mercia Television, and Midlands Television (MTV).
	www.users.zetnet.co.uk /itw/Central/history.html (1237 words)

	ITV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		North East England: Tyne Tees Television (launched 15 January)
		North East Scotland: Grampian Television (launched 30 September)
		The three largest regions (London, the Midlands and the North of England) were subdivided into weekday and weekend services, with a different company running each.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Itv (1237 words)

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