Greater Western Passenger rail franchise merger inquiries (CC)

Closed Competition Commission (CC) rail franchise merger inquiries: National Express Group plc, Stagecoach Group plc and FirstGroup plc.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Published: 8 March 2006

• Case type: Mergers
• Case state: Closed
• Market sector: Transport
• Outcome: Mergers - phase 2 clearance
• Opened: 30 September 2005
• Closed: 8 March 2006

Date of referral: 30.9.05

Statutory deadline: 16.3.06

Core documents

• Disclosures of interest (PDF, 28 Kb) 
• Final report and Appendices & Glossary - FirstGroup plc (8.3.06)  
• Final report news release (PDF, 24 Kb) (8.3.06)
• Inquiry cancellation news release (PDF, 24 Kb) (22.12.05)
• Notice of cancellation (National Express Group PLC) (PDF, 22 Kb) (22.12.05)
• Notice of cancellation (Stagecoach Group plc) (PDF, 22 Kb) (22.12.05)

A full set of documents that were published during this inquiry are available on The National Archives website.

Published 8 March 2006