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Trenitalia’s purchase of c2c confirmed

Trenitalia has completed the £72.6 million purchase of c2c from National Express, after receiving approval from the Department for Transport.

15 Feb

News

Italian operator to buy c2c

Trenitalia, the passenger rail transportation company part of FS Italiane Group, to acquire the c2c franchise

11 Jan

News

DfT awards franchise ‘Passports’

The Department for Transport awards 11 companies Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) Passports, in effort to make it easier and faster to bid for franchises.

15 Dec

News

VIDEO: National Express c2c timetable changes

Service times to change from December 2015

1 Dec

Feature

NRA prize caps a great year for c2c

A new 15-year franchise and a huge package of improvements for passengers - and now c2c wins the top operator accolade at RAIL's National Rail Awards 2015

Staff and employment 30 Sept

Sir Andrew Foster (left) and Dean Finch (right) stand with 357007 at London Fenchurch Street.

News

c2c names Electrostar

c2c name Electrostar after National Express Non-Executive Director

22 Sept

News

c2c to increase peak-time capacity

c2c to increase capacity on 17 of its 74 Class 357 Electrostars

28 Jul

East Anglia train

News

Three bidders announced for East Anglia franchise

Abellio/Stagecoach joint venture, FirstGroup and National Express pre-qualify

2 Jun

News

c2c named most punctual train operator

Network Rail's latest performance results puts National Express operator c2c on top for punctuality.

16 Jan

News

c2c named UK's most reliable operator

Public Performance Measure figures released on November 17 put c2c top of the pile

17 Nov

News

Perry launches new c2c 15-year franchise

New tickets, free WiFi and discount fares offered

10 Nov

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