National Rail Contract for West Coast Partnership
FIRSTGROUP PLC NATIONAL RAIL CONTRACT FOR WEST COAST PARTNERSHIP FirstGroup plc (‘FirstGroup’ or ‘the Group’) is pleased to announce that a new National Rail Contract (‘NRC’) has been agreed with the Department for Transport (‘DfT’) for the West Coast Partnership (‘WCP’), which is a partnership between FirstGroup (70%) and Trenitalia UK Ltd (30%). The WCP NRC comprises Avanti West Coast (‘Avanti’) and the West Coast Partnership Development (‘WCPD’), the shadow operator for the HS2 programme. Key terms of the new contract are as follows: · The new NRC will commence on