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    In rail transport, an open-access operator is an operator that takes full commercial risk, running on infrastructure owned by a third party and buying...
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  • Virgin Trains is a prospective open-access operator proposing to operate services on the West Coast Main Line between London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Rochdale...
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  • United Kingdom Open access (infrastructure), access to infrastructure such as railways Open-access operator, in rail transport Open access, in the right...
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  • OpenAI Operator is an AI agent developed by OpenAI, capable of autonomously performing tasks through web browser interactions, including filling forms...
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    Lumo (train operating company) (category Open-access train operating companies)
    Lumo is a British open-access operator owned by FirstGroup that operates passenger trains on the East Coast Main Line between London King's Cross and Edinburgh...
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  • FlixTrain GmbH is a German open-access operator of long-distance railway passenger services. It is a subsidiary of the mobility company Flix SE [de], which...
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  • Train operating company (category Rail transport operators)
    while a small number of open-access operators hold licences to provide supplementary services on chosen routes. These operators can run services for the...
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    Leo Express, formerly known as Rapid Express, is an open-access train operator in the Czech Republic, established in 2010. It launched inter-city services...
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  • Grand Union (train operating company) (category Open-access train operating companies)
    proposed open-access operator, that had developed plans to operate train services in the United Kingdom from England to Scotland and Wales. The operator had...
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    Ouigo España is an open-access operator of high-speed railway services in Spain. It is a subsidiary of SNCF Voyageurs, the French national railway company...
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    president of NTV, an Italian company which is Europe's first private open access operator of 300 km/h (186 mph) high-speed trains. In 2009, Montezemolo founded...
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    middle mile problem. Network Rail Open access operator Mark Drummond (June 16, 2004). "Fortescue tries to prise open access to Pilbara railway line". Sydney...
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    establish a charging regime for open-access operators which was different from the one which applies to franchised operators (such as GNER), in this case...
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    Franchises: Chiltern Railways – 1996–2027 CrossCountry – 2007–2027 Open Access Operator: Grand Central – 2007–2026 Concessions: Arriva Rail London (Trading...
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    would abstract revenue. In November 2019, Virgin Trains submitted an open access operator application to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) for paths to run...
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    Grand Central (train operating company) (category Open-access train operating companies)
    Grand Central is an open-access train operating company in the United Kingdom. A subsidiary of Arriva UK Trains, it has operated passenger rail services...
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  • telephone operating companies Mobile phone operator Mobile virtual network operator Telephone company Open-access network Often shortened to simply carrier...
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  • Wrexham, Shropshire & Midlands Railway (category Open-access train operating companies)
    The Wrexham, Shropshire & Midlands Railway (WSMR) is a proposed open-access train operator in the United Kingdom. In March 2024, it submitted an application...
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    TransPennine Express (category Operators of last resort)
    by DfT Operator, the government's operator of last resort, was established following poor performance by the previous commercially owned operator, also...
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  • private open access operator of 300 km/h (190 mph) high-speed trains. NTV was created in 2006 as a privately owned high-speed rail operator. In January...
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  • Platinum Trains (category Open-access train operating companies)
    Platinum Trains was a proposed open access operator that intended to run limited-stop train services from Scotland to London via the East Coast Main Line...
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    Trenitalia and, since April 2012, by NTV, the world's first private open-access operator of high-speed rail to compete with a state-owned monopoly. 25 million...
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    Heathrow Express (category Open-access train operating companies)
    dedicated ... rail link should be provided". During 1986, the Heathrow Surface Access Study recommended a non-stop airport rail link between London and Heathrow...
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    unit built by Japanese rolling stock manufacturer Hitachi Rail for open-access operator Lumo. Based on the Hitachi A-train design, a total of five units...
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    the West Coast operator Virgin Trains was implemented. The arrangement continued until March 1998, at which point the freight operator English, Welsh...
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    exclusive basis, and day-to-day competition with other franchises and open access operators was possible, albeit occurring on a limited number of services....
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    commenced operations on the Vienna–Salzburg route, becoming the first open-access operator to enter Austria's domestic long-distance railway market. It is operated...
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  • layers in one hand. This entity installs technology in all access nodes and sets up an open, operator-neutral network via which all service providers can deliver...
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    Heathrow Connect (category Railway operators in London)
    Heathrow and Paddington. In 2004, First Great Western Link and BAA (the operators of Heathrow Express) planned a stopping service between Heathrow and Paddington...
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    United Kingdom. In February 2010, Merseyrail was named the most reliable operator of trains in the United Kingdom, with a reliability average of 96.33% during...
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