Train operating company | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-17

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_operating_company


00:01:01 1 Management
00:02:16 2 Organisation
00:02:41 2.1 Great Britain
00:06:10 2.2 Current operators
00:06:19 2.3 Northern Ireland
00:06:52 3 Changes
00:07:15 3.1 1990s
00:07:24 3.1.1 1994
00:07:56 3.1.2 1996/97
00:08:41 3.1.3 1998
00:09:31 3.1.4 2000
00:09:53 3.2 2001–2003
00:10:03 3.2.1 2001
00:10:41 3.2.2 2003
00:11:25 3.3 2004–2006
00:11:35 3.3.1 2004
00:12:45 3.3.2 2005
00:13:06 3.3.3 2006
00:14:06 3.4 2007–2010
00:14:16 3.4.1 2007
00:16:16 3.4.2 2008
00:16:44 3.4.3 2009
00:17:09 3.4.4 2010
00:17:25 3.5 2011–2015
00:17:35 3.5.1 2011
00:17:45 3.5.2 2012
00:18:21 3.5.3 2014
00:18:44 3.5.4 2015
00:19:35 3.6 2016–2018
00:19:45 3.6.1 2016
00:20:19 3.6.2 2017
00:20:54 3.6.3 2018
00:21:18 4 Current TOCs
00:21:34 4.1 Franchised
00:22:27 4.2 Managed
00:22:48 4.3 Open-access operators
00:23:05 5 Future TOCs
00:23:15 5.1 Franchised
00:23:35 5.2 Open-access operators
00:24:03 6 Railtours
00:24:53 7 Sea links
00:25:56 8 International operators
00:27:29 9 In other countries
00:28:33 10 See also



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SUMMARY
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A train operating company (TOC) is a business operating passenger trains on the railway system of Great Britain under the collective National Rail brand. TOCs have existed since the privatisation of the network under the Railways Act 1993.
There are two types of TOC: most hold franchises let by the government, following bids from various companies, to operate services on certain routes for a specified duration, while a small number of open access operators hold licences to provide supplementary services on chosen routes. These operators can run services for the duration of the licence validity. The franchised operators have changed considerably since privatisation: previous franchises have been divided, merged, re-let to new operators, or renamed.
The term is also sometimes used to describe companies operating passenger or freight rail services over tracks that are owned by another company or a national network owner.