Thames (railway franchise)

Thames Trains

1994–1997

Prior to privatisation, Network SouthEast was divided into eleven separate companies. One of which was named Thames Trains. Go-ahead was awarded the Thames franchise in 1996.

1997–2004

First Great Western Link

2004–2006

In 2004, the franchise was transferred to FirstGroup in preparation for the merger of the franchise with the InterCity Great Western franchise which eventually happened in 2006 when the merged franchises became the Greater Western franchise.

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Current franchises Chiltern | East Anglia (Stansted Express) | East Midlands | Essex Thameside | Greater Western | InterCity East Coast | InterCity West Coast | Merseyrail | New Cross Country | Northern | ScotRail | South Eastern | South Western (Island Line) | Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (Gatwick Express) | TransPennine | Wales and Borders | West Midlands Defunct franchises Central | Great Eastern | Great Northern | InterCity Anglia | InterCity CrossCountry | InterCity Great Western | InterCity Midland Main Line | North London | North West Regional Railways | Regional Railways North East | South Central | Thames | Thameslink | Thameslink Great Northern | Valley Lines | Wales and West | Wessex | West Anglia Great Northern Open access operators DB Cargo UK | Elizabeth Line (TfL Rail) | Eurostar | Hull Trains | Grand Central | Heathrow Connect | Heathrow Express | London Overground | Wrexham & Shropshire Sleeper services Caledonian Sleeper | Night Riviera Defunct British Rail sectors British Rail | InterCity | Network SouthEast | Rail Express Systems | Railfreight (Loadhaul | Mainline Freight | Transrail) | Regional Railways (Network NorthWest | ScotRail) Other services Alphaline | Motorail | Red Star Parcels | Sealink | Seaspeed Infrastructure Network Rail | Railtrack