Destination News - Destination, Rail, Road.Jun 25, 2007 London Gatwick Express Gatwick Express is the brand name of a National Express Group-operated railway service offering a frequent shuttle service between Victoria station in London and Gatwick Airport in South East England. Key dates for the transfer of the London's Gatwick Express franchise to rail operator Southern, have been announced by the UK Department for Transport (DfT). Negotiators from the DfT and Southern have set a transfer date for June 22, 2008, that should see extra services introduced between London's Victoria terminus and Gatwick Airport, with some trains continuing through to the south coast at Brighton. Current franchise operator, National Express will cease running the Gatwick service in June, 2008. The handover n. 1. The act of relinquishing property or authority etc. to another; as, the handover of occupied territory to the original posssessors; the handover of power from the military back to the civilian authorities s>. will increase the size of the Southern franchise and allow it to conclude details for a new Brighton New Brighton, village (1990 pop. 22,207), Ramsey co., SE Minn., a suburb of Minneapolis–Saint Paul; inc. 1891. Its manufactures include metal products, machinery, and leather. A theological seminary is there. Main Line timetable that aims to proved additional capacity from December, 2008. Southern's current franchise is due to run until 20 September, 2009, to allow any new service to bed in before the start of a revised South London South London (known colloquially as South of the River) is the area of London south of the River Thames. Some neighbourhoods north of the Thames have South London postal codes (SW), but these neighbourhoods are classified as West or Central London. timetable in December of the same year and which will incorporate the East London Line The East London Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured orange on the Tube map. It runs north to south in the East End and Docklands areas of London. First opened in 1869 as the East London Railway extension. Jun 19, 2007 ZZ Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new service that keeps travelers informed on flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Air Travel Media / Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. |
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