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Phil Deaves, Swindon, Wiltshire
I am always grateful for additional information, whether entirely new records (particularly historical records), or information to fill in gaps or correct errors, via the email address above. Thank you.
(Formerly Jarvis Fastline)
From 12 November 1995; revised 1 February 2001; change of control 15 March 1996; certificate of incorporation on change of name 19 March 1996; change of control 5 November 1997; revoked 11 February 2003
* marshalling yards, holding sidings and recess sidings; * comprised in a railway goods terminal; * comprised in a light maintenance depot or which connects a light maintenance depot or track within a light maintenance depot to any part of a network operated by a person other than the licence holder; * which connects a network operated by another person to a network operated by that person or by a third person; * which is situated within a harbour or harbour area * which connects a network situated on premises used for the purposes of: o an industrial undertaking (other than an undertaking consisting in the operation of a light maintenance depot); o an undertaking engaged in the generation of electrical energy, including a nuclear installation; or o a mine or quarry for the purposes of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 to any part of a network operated by another person;
From 12 November 1995; revised 1 February 2001; change of control 15 March 1996; certificate of incorporation on change of name 19 March 1996; change of control 5 November 1997; revoked 11 February 2003
Application made 5 May 1998
Application made 2 April 2002; presumed granted 3 May 2002; revoked 11 February 2003
| Bedford Grain Warehouse | Doncaster Marshgate | Doncaster Roberts Road |
| Hitchin Nightingale Road | Horsham | Inverness |
| Kilmarnock Workshops | Liverpool Edge Hill | Liverpool Tuebrook |
| Manchester Guide Bridge | Newcastle Forth Banks | Nottingham Eastcroft |
| Perth | Rutherglen | Shettleston |
| Slateford | York Leeman Road |
From 7 February 2003
| Bedford Grain Warehouse | Doncaster Marshgate | Doncaster Roberts Road |
| Hitchin Nightingale Road | Horsham | Inverness |
| Kilmarnock Workshops | Liverpool Edge Hill | Liverpool Tuebrook |
| Manchester Guide Bridge | Newcastle Forth Banks | Nottingham Eastcroft |
| Perth | Rutherglen | Shettleston |
| Slateford | York Leeman Road |
Application made 5 June 2006; from 24 July 2006
Application made 5 June 2006; from 24 July 2006
Also known as First GNTL Limited
From 1 April 2006
From 1 April 2006
From 1 April 2006
From 1 April 2006
| Alexandra Palace | Arlesey | Ashwell & Morden |
| Baldock | Bayford | Bedford |
| Biggleswade | Bowes Park | Brookmans Park |
| Cambridge | City Thameslink | Crews Hill |
| Cricklewood | Cuffley | Downham Market |
| Drayton Park | Elephant and Castle | Elstree and Borehamwood |
| Ely | Enfield Chase | Essex Road |
| Finsbury Park | Flitwick | Foxton |
| Gordon Hill | Grange Park | Hadley Wood |
| Harlington | Harpenden | Harringay |
| Hatfield | Haydons Road | Hendon |
| Hertford North | Highbury & Islington | Hitchin |
| Hornsey | Huntingdon | Kentish Town |
| Kings Cross Thameslink | Kings Lynn | Knebworth |
| Leagrave | Letchworth | Littleport |
| London Blackfriars | Loughborough Junction | Luton |
| Meldreth | Mill Hill Broadway | Moorgate |
| Morden South | New Barnet | New Southgate |
| Oakleigh Park | Old Street | Palmers Green |
| Potters Bar | Radlett | Royston |
| St Albans | St Helier | St Neots |
| Sandy | Shepreth | South Merton |
| Stevenage | Sutton Common | Tooting |
| Waterbeach | Watlington | Watton-At-Stone |
| Welham Green | Welwyn Garden City | Welwyn North |
| West Hampstead Thameslink | West Sutton | Wimbledon Chase |
| Winchmore Hill |
From 1 April 2006
| Bedford Carriage Sheds | Bedford Cauldwell | Hornsey | Letchworth | Welwyn Garden City | Cricklewood Sidings (from 15 January 2007) |
(formerly Scotland Infrastructure Maintenance Co Ltd (to 15 February 1996))
From 12 November 1995; revised 1 February 2001; change of control 14 February 1996 (Track Action Ltd); change of name 15 February 1996; notification of change of control 11 October 2002; notification of change of control 26 June 2004 (Babcock International Group PLC)
* marshalling yards, holding sidings and recess sidings; * comprised in a railway goods terminal; * which connects a light maintenance depot or track within a light maintenance depot to any part of a network operated by a person other than the licence holder; * which connects a network operated by another person to a network operated by that person or by a third person; * which is situated within a harbour or harbour area * which connects a network situated on premises used for the purposes of: o an industrial undertaking (other than an undertaking consisting in the operation of a light maintenance depot); o an undertaking engaged in the generation of electrical energy, including a nuclear installation; or o a mine or quarry for the purposes of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 to any part of a network operated by another person;
From 12 November 1995; revised 1 February 2001; change of control 14 February 1996 (Track Action Ltd); change of name 15 February 1996; notification of change of control 11 October 2002 (Peterhouse Group plc); notification of change of control 26 June 2004 (Babcock International Group PLC)
From 12 November 1995; notification of change of control 26 June 2004 (Babcock International Group PLC)
| Georgemas | Crianlarich |
(See also First Capital Connect)
Application received 23rd December 2005
Application received 23rd December 2005
Application received 23rd December 2005
Application received 23rd December 2005
Application received 23rd December 2005, from 1 April 2006
From 1 April 2006
Application received 23rd December 2005, from 1 April 2006
From 1 April 2006
| Acton Main Line | Aldermaston | Appleford |
| Ascott-Under-Wychwood | Ashchurch for Tewkesbury | Avoncliff |
| Avonmouth | Barnstaple | Bath Spa |
| Bedminster | Bedwyn | Bere Alston |
| Bere Ferrers | Betchworth | Bicester Town |
| Blackwater | Bodmin Parkway | Bourne End |
| Bradford-on-Avon | Bramley | Bridgwater |
| Bristol Parkway | Bristol Temple Meads | Bruton |
| Bugle | Burnham | Calstock |
| Cam & Dursley | Camborne | Carbis Bay |
| Castle Bar Park | Castle Cary | Causeland |
| Chalbury | Chapelton (Devon) | Cheltenham Spa |
| Chetnole | Chilworth | Chippenham |
| Cholsey | Clifton Down | Combe |
| Cookham | Coombe (Cornwall) | Copplestone |
| Crediton | Crowthorne | Culham |
| Dawlish | Dawlish Warren | Dean |
| Devonport | Didcot Parkway | Digby |
| Dilton Marsh | Dockyard | Dorchester West |
| Dorking Deepdene | Dorking West | Drayton Green |
| Dunbridge | Ealing Broadway | Eggesford |
| Evesham | Exeter Central | Exeter St Thomas |
| Exeter St. Davids | Exmouth | Exton |
| Falmouth Docks | Falmouth Town | Farnborough North |
| Filton | Finstock | Freshford |
| Frome | Furze Platt | Gloucester |
| Gomshall | Goring and Streatley | Gunnislake |
| Hanborough | Hanwell | Hayes & Harlington |
| Hayle | Henley on Thames | Heyford |
| Highbridge | Honeybourne | Hungerford |
| Islip | Iver | Ivybridge |
| Kemble | Keyham | Keynsham |
| Kingham | Kings Nympton | Kintbury |
| Langley | Lapford | Lawrence Hill |
| Lelant | Lelant Saltings | Liskeard |
| Looe | Lostwithiel | Luxulyan |
| Lympstone Commando | Lympstone Village | Maiden Newton |
| Maidenhead | Marlow | Melksham |
| Menheniot | Midgham | Montpelier |
| Morchard Road | Moreton in Marsh | Mortimer |
| Nailsea and Backwell | Newbury | Newbury Racecourse |
| Newquay | Newton Abbot | Newton St Cyres |
| North Camp | Oldfield Park | Oxford |
| Paignton | Pangbourne | Par |
| Parson Street | Patchway | Penmere |
| Penryn (Cornwall) | Penzance | Perranwell |
| Pershore | Pewsey | Pilning |
| Plymouth | Polsloe Bridge | Portsmouth Arms |
| Pyle | Quintrell Downs | Radley |
| Reading | Reading West | Redland |
| Redruth | Roche | Romsey |
| St Andrews Road | St Austell | St Budeaux Ferry Road |
| St Budeaux Victoria Road | St Columb Road | St Erth |
| St Germans | St Ives | St James Park Exeter |
| St Keyne | Saltash | Sandhurst |
| Sandplace | Sea Mills | Severn Beach |
| Shalford | Shiplake | Shipton |
| Shirehampton | Slough | South Greenford |
| Southall | Stapleton Road | Starcross |
| Stonehouse | Stroud (Glos) | Swindon |
| Tackley | Taplow | Taunton |
| Teignmouth | Thatcham | Theale |
| Thornford | Tilehurst | Tiverton Parkway |
| Topsham | Torquay | Torre |
| Totnes | Trowbridge | Truro |
| Twyford | Umberleigh | Wargrave |
| Warminster | West Drayton | West Ealing |
| Westbury | Weston Milton | Weston-super-Mare |
| Windsor and Eton Central | Worle | Yate |
| Yatton | Yeoford | Yeovil Pen Mill |
| Yetminster |
Application received 23rd December 2005, from 1 April 2006
| Bristol St Philips Marsh | Exeter | London Old Oak Common |
| Penzance | Plymouth Laira | Reading |
| Swansea High St | Swansea Landore |
Formerly First Thames Trains
Application received 6 February 2004; from 26 March 2004; certificate of incorporation on change of name 1 April 2004; revoked 30 August 2006
Application received 6 February 2004; from 26 March 2004; certificate of incorporation on change of name 1 April 2004; revoked 30 August 2006
Application received 6 February 2004; from 26 March 2004; certificate of incorporation on change of name 1 April 2004; revoked 30 August 2006
Application received 6 February 2004; from 26 March 2004; certificate of incorporation on change of name 1 April 2004; revoked 30 August 2006
28 November 2005; revoked 30 August 2006
Application received 28 November 2005; application withdrawn by applicant 17 January 2006
Application received 28 November 2005; application withdrawn by applicant 17 January 2006
Application received 28 November 2005; application withdrawn by applicant 17 January 2006
Application received 28 November 2005; application withdrawn by applicant 17 January 2006
Application received 10 December 2003; from 28 January 2004; notification of change of control 9 September 2004 (3i PLC); notification of change of control 10 January 2007 (SNCF)
Application received 10 December 2003; from 28 January 2004; notification of change of control 9 September 2004 (3i PLC); notification of change of control 10 January 2007 (SNCF)
Application received 10 December 2003; from 28 January 2004; notification of change of control 9 September 2004 (3i PLC); notification of change of control 10 January 2007 (SNCF)
| Arnside | Barnetby | Barrow-in-Furness |
| Birchwood | Brough | Burneside |
| Carnforth | Cleethorpes | Grange-over-Sands |
| Grimsby Town | Huddersfield | Hull |
| Kendal | Malton | Manchester Airport |
| Middlesborough | Northallerton | Scarborough |
| Scunthorpe | Seamer | Selby |
| Stalybridge | Staveley | Thirsk |
| Thornaby | Ulverston | Warrington Central |
| Windermere | Yarm |
From 28 November 2005
From 28 November 2005
From 28 November 2005
From 28 November 2005
Application withdrawn 23 March 2005 before public consultation started
Application withdrawn 23 March 2005 before public consultation started
Application withdrawn 23 March 2005 before public consultation started
Application withdrawn 23 March 2005 before public consultation started
Application withdrawn 22 December 2004 before public consultation started
Application withdrawn 22 December 2004 before public consultation started
Application withdrawn 22 December 2004 before public consultation started
Application withdrawn 22 December 2004 before public consultation started
Application received 20 August 2004; from 11 October 2004
Application received 20 August 2004; from 11 October 2004
Application received 20 August 2004; from 11 October 2004
| Ayr | Corkerhill | Eastfield |
| Haymarket | Inverness | Perth |
| Shields | Yoker |
Application received 20 August 2004; from 11 October 2004; addition of 4 stations 23 September 2005; additional station 15 May 2008 (assume Alloa)
| Aberdeen | Aberdour | Achanalt |
| Achnashellach | Acnasheen | Addiewell |
| Airbles | Airdrie | Alexandra Parade |
| Alexandria | Alness | Altnabreac |
| Anderston | Annan | Anniesland |
| Arbroath | Ardgay | Ardlui |
| Ardrossan Harbour | Ardrossan South Beach | Ardrossan Town |
| Argyle Street | Arisaig | Arrochar and Tarbet |
| Ashfield | Attadale | Auchinleck |
| Aviemore | Ayr | Ballieston |
| Balloch | Balmossie | Banavie |
| Barassie | Bargeddie | Barnhill |
| Barrhead | Barrhill | Barry Links |
| Bathgate | Bearsden | Beasdale |
| Beauly | Bellgrove | Bellshill |
| Bishopbriggs | Bishopton | Blair Atholl |
| Blairhill | Blantyre | Bogston |
| Bowling | Branchton | Brelch |
| Bridge of Allan | Bridge of Orchy | Bridgeton |
| Brora | Broughty Ferry | Burnside |
| Burntisland | Bushy | Cambuslang |
| Camelon | Cardenden | Cardonald |
| Cardross | Carlin | Carluke |
| Carmyle | Carnoustie | Carntyne |
| Carrbridge | Carstairs | Cartsdyke |
| Cathwart | Charing Cross (Glasgow) | Clarkston |
| Cleland | Clydebank | Coatbridge Central |
| Coatbridge Sunnyside | Coatdyke | Connel Ferry |
| Corkerhill | Corpach | Corrour |
| Cowdenbeath | Craigendoran | Crianlarich |
| Croftfoot | Crookston | Crosshill |
| Crossmyloof | Croy | Culrain |
| Cumbernauld | Cupar | Curriehill |
| Dalgetty Bay | Dalmally | Dalmarnock |
| Dalmeny | Dalmuir | Dalreoch |
| Dalry | Dalwhinnie | Dingwall |
| Donrobin Castle | Drem | Drumchapel |
| Drumfrochar | Drumgelloch | Drumry |
| Duirinish | Duke Street | Dumbarton Central |
| Dumbarton East | Dumbreck | Dumfries |
| Dunblane | Duncraig | Dundee |
| Dunfermline | Dunkeld and Birnam | Dunlop |
| Dyce | East Kilbride | Easterhouse |
| Edinburgh Park | Elgin | Exhibition Centre |
| Fairlie | Falkirk Grahamston | Falkirk High |
| Falls of Cruachan | Fauldhouse | Fearn |
| Forres | Forsinard | Fort Matilda |
| Fort William | Garelochhead | Garrowhill |
| Garscadden | Garve | Georgemas Junction |
| Giffnock | Girvan | Glasgow Central Low Level |
| Glasgow Queen St. | Glasgow Queen St. Low Level | Gleneagles |
| Glenfinnan | Glengarnock | Glenrothes |
| Golf Street | Golspie | Gourock |
| Greenfaulds | Greenock Central | Greenock West |
| Gretna Green | Hairmyres | Hamilton Central |
| Hamilton West | Hartwood | Hawkhead |
| Haymarket | Helensburgh Central | Helensburgh Upper |
| Helmsdale | High Street | Hillfoot |
| Hillington East | Hillington West | Holytown |
| Howwood | Huntly | Hyndland |
| IBM | Insch | Invergordon |
| Invergowrie | Inverkeithing | Inverkip |
| Inverness | Invershin | Inverurie |
| Irvine | Johnstone | Jordanhill |
| Keith | Kennishead | Kildonan |
| Kilmarnock | Kilmaurs | Kilpatrick |
| Kilwinning | Kinbrace | Kinghorn |
| King's Park | Kingsknowe | Kingussie |
| Kirkcaldy | Kirkconnel | Kirkhill |
| Kirknewton | Kirkwood | Kyle of Lochalsh |
| Ladybank | Lairg | Lambhill |
| Lanark | Langbank | Langside |
| Larbert | Largs | Lenzie |
| Leuchars | Linlithgow | Livingston North |
| Livingston South | Loch Awe | Loch Eil Outward Bound |
| Lochailort | Locheilside | Lochgelly |
| Lochluichart | Lochwinnoch | Lockerbie |
| Longniddry | Mallaig | Markinch |
| Maryhill | Maxwell Park | Maybole |
| Milliken Park | Milngavie | Monifieth |
| Montrose | Morar | Mosspark |
| Motherwell | Mount Florida | Mount Vernon |
| Muir of Ord | Muirend | Musselburgh |
| Nairn | Neilston | New Cumnock |
| Newton | Newtonmore | Newton-On-Ayr |
| Nitshill | North Berwick | North Queensferry |
| Oban | Paisley Canal | Paisley Gilmour Street |
| Paisley St. James | Partick | Patterton |
| Perth | Pithlochry | Plockton |
| Pollokshaws East | Pollokshaws West | Pollokshields East |
| Pollokshields West | Polmont | Port Glasgow |
| Portlethen | Possilpark and Parkhouse | Prestonpans |
| Prestwick Town | Priesthill and Darnley | Queens Park |
| Rannoch | Renton | Rogart |
| Rosyth | Roy Bridge | Rutherglen |
| Saltcoats | Sanquhar | Scotscalder |
| Scotstounhill | Shawlands | Shettleston |
| Shieldmuir | Shotts | Singer |
| Slateford | South Gyle | Spean Bridge |
| Springburn | Springfield | Stepps |
| Stevenston | Stewarton | Stirling |
| Stonehaven | Stranraer | Strathcarron |
| Stromeferry | Summerston | Tain |
| Taynuilt | Thornliebank | Thorntonhall |
| Thurso | Troon | Tulloch |
| Tyndrum Lower | Uddingston | Uphall |
| Upper Tyndrum | Wallyford | Wemyss Bay |
| West Calder | West Kilbride | Wester Hailes |
| Westerton | Whifflet | Whinhill |
| Whitecraigs | Wick | Williamwood |
| Wishaw | Woodhall | Yoker |
| Alloa (from 15 May 2008) |
From 28 November 2005
From 28 November 2005
From 28 November 2005
From 28 November 2005
See First Great Western Link
Formerly Merlin Rail
Application received 11 May 2000
Application received 29 May 2002; from 8 July 2002; certificate of incorporation on change of name 12 September 2005; revoked 7 February 2008
Application received 16 January 2004; from 27 February 2004; certificate of incorporation on change of name 12 September 2005; revoked 7 February 2008
It is believed that SNRPs were also issued: these also were revoked on 7 February 2008
From 1 June 1995
Network defined in The Lydney and Parkend Light Railway Order 1985 S.I.844
From 1 June 1995
Any train on above network
From 1 June 1995
Any train on above network
From 1 June 1995
| Lydney Town | Whitecroft | Parkend |
| Lydney [Severn & Wye] |
and any other station on above network
From 1 June 1995
Any depot on above network
See Fountains Support Services Ltd
(formerly Fountain Forestry Limited (to 30 September 2001))
From 25 April 1997; revised 1 February 2001; certificate of incorporation on change of name 1 October 2001
Within possessions only
Application made 8 August 2007; from 28 December 2007
From 28 December 2007
Application made 20 December 2002; from 14 February 2003; change of control 24 January 2005 (Freightliner Group Limited)
Application made 20 December 2002; from 14 February 2003; change of control 24 January 2005 (Freightliner Group Limited)
From 28 November 2005
From 28 November 2005
Application made 21 September 2007; from 19 October 2007
Any depot
From 12 November 1995; revised 1 February 2001; revised 15 February 2002; change of control 31 May 1996 (Management Consortium Bid Ltd); certificate of incorporation on change of name 23 January 1997; change of control 24 January 2005 (Freightliner Group Limited)
* marshalling yards, holding sidings and recess sidings; * comprised in a railway goods terminal; * which connects a light maintenance depot or track within a light maintenance depot to any part of a network operated by a person other than the licence holder; * which connects a network operated by another person to a network operated by that person or by a third person; * which is situated within a harbour or harbour area * which connects a network situated on premises used for the purposes of: o an industrial undertaking (other than an undertaking consisting in the operation of a light maintenance depot); o an undertaking engaged in the generation of electrical energy, including a nuclear installation; or o a mine or quarry for the purposes of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 to any part of a network operated by another person;
From 12 November 1995; revised 1 February 2001; change of control 31 May 1996 (Management Consortium Bid Ltd); certificate of incorporation on change of name 23 January 1997; change of control 24 January 2005 (Freightliner Group Limited)
From 29 January 1998
| Barking Freightliner Terminal | Crewe Basford Hall | Birmingham Freightliner Terminal |
| Cardiff Freightliner Terminal | Cleveland Freightliner Terminal | Coatbridge Freightliner Terminal |
| Felixstowe North Freightliner Terminal | Felixstowe South Freightliner Terminal | Liverpool Garston Freightliner Terminal |
| Leeds Freightliner Terminal | Southampton Maritime Freightliner Terminal | Southampton Millbrook Freightliner Terminal |
| Thamesport (Grain) Freightliner Terminal | Trafford Park Freightliner Terminal |
From 10 December 1999
Ipswich fuelling point
From 10 December 1999
Ipswich fuelling point environs
From 15 February 2002
Cardiff Wentloog
From 28 November 2005
From 28 November 2005
From 30 March 2008
A licence was also revoked on 15 February 2002, another licence application was received 28 June 2001, and a licence exemption application was received 28 June 2001, though it is not clear which.
Application made 30 January 2007
| Doncaster International Railport | National Distribution Park, Daventry |
Application made 30 January 2007
| Doncaster International Railport | National Distribution Park, Daventry |
Application made 30 January 2008; from 19 March 2008
Doncaster International Railport
Application made 30 January 2008; from 19 March 2008
Any depot within Doncaster International Railport, provided not used mainly for passenger rolling stock
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