Office of Passenger Rail Franchising

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government agency non-departmental public body

The Office of Passenger Rail Franchising was a UK government body responsible for awarding and overseeing passenger rail service franchises during the early years of rail privatization.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Office of Passenger Rail Franchising canonical	2
Director of Passenger Rail Franchising	1
Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (OPRAF)	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency ⓘ non-departmental public body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfHeadquarters	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved	early 2000s ⓘ
field	railway franchising ⓘ
hasDuties	awarding passenger rail franchises ⓘ monitoring franchise compliance ⓘ negotiating franchise agreements ⓘ overseeing passenger rail franchises ⓘ promoting competition in passenger rail services ⓘ
hasObjective	implement rail franchising policy ⓘ secure passenger rail services through franchises ⓘ
hasRegulatoryScope	passenger rail franchises in Great Britain ⓘ
hasRoleIn	transition from state-owned to franchised rail services ⓘ
inception	1994 ⓘ
industry	rail transport ⓘ
isPartOf	UK rail privatisation framework ⓘ
jurisdiction	United Kingdom ⓘ
legalForm	non-departmental public body ⓘ
locatedIn	London NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatesInSector	passenger rail services ⓘ
parentOrganization	Department of Transport NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	privatisation of British Rail ⓘ
replaced	British Rail in franchising functions ⓘ
replacedBy	Strategic Rail Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName	OPRAF NERFINISHED ⓘ
supervises	private train operating companies ⓘ
usedLegalInstrument	franchise agreements ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Strategic Rail Authority → precededBy → Office of Passenger Rail Franchising ⓘ

Railways Act 1993 → providedForCreationOf → Office of Passenger Rail Franchising ⓘ

this entity surface form: Director of Passenger Rail Franchising

Railways Act 1993 → establishedOffice → Office of Passenger Rail Franchising ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of Passenger Rail Franchising (OPRAF)

Anglia Railways (former) → franchiseAwardedBy → Office of Passenger Rail Franchising ⓘ

subject surface form: Anglia Railways