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...Other than the East Coast mainline, where three different operators have had to hand back the franchise with variable penalties, only one company has been stripped of its contract; Connex for poor performance...
...Only one train operator has ever been stripped of its contract — Connex for poor performance in south-east England in 2001 and 2003....
...Transdev also sold all of its shares in Connex Jerusalem, the operating company that runs the train....
...The year before that, £2m had to be spent shaving platforms in the southeast after a £175m order was placed for new trains by Connex before Railtrack altered the rules for the amount of clearance between...
...In 2005, Connex started running France’s first privately operated service for nearly 70 years....
...The only previous franchise to revert to publicsector operation was Connex’s south-eastern arm, which the Strategic Rail Authority terminated in 2003....
...The mechanism has been used before, between 2003 and 2006, after Connex was stripped of the South-Eastern franchise....
...It was nevertheless important for the DfT to monitor operators’ health in case it was forced to step in and take over services, as happened when Connex South-East was stripped of its franchise in 2003....
...It previously operated public transport services worldwide under the now-defunct Connex brand and in 2005 became the first private company since 1938 to run a freight train in France....
...Other bidders are likely to include France’s Veolia Transport – formerly known as Connex – and Hong Kong’s MTR and SJ....
...The first – Connex – started running freight trains from eastern France to Germany in June....
...The train company Connex ordered three Alstom locomotives on Monday with an option for 20 more....
...Another 30 per cent would find its way into the hands of Connex, the transport arm of France's Veolia Environnement, which had previously decided against bidding....
...The company on Thursday announced the conditional sale of ATC, its North American public transit operations, to Connex, the transport arm of the French company Veolia Environnement, for cash consideration...
...After terminating Connex’s ownership of the South Eastern railway franchise, there were big improvements in punctuality figures. Network Rail halved delays caused by infrastructure failures....
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