SERCO GROUP PLC - Serco appointed preferred bidder for DLR.

PR Newswire UK Disclose, November, 2005

 
22 November 2005 
 
Serco appointed preferred bidder for [pounds sterling]400m Docklands Light Railway service 
 
Serco Group plc ("Serco") today announces that it has been appointed preferred 
bidder to operate and maintain the Docklands Light Railway ("DLR") in London. 
 
The contract will run for seven years and may be extended for a further two 
years, subject to performance. The contract is valued at around [pounds sterling]400m to Serco 
over the whole nine years. Final discussions will now start for the new 
contract which is due to run from April 2006. 
 
The contract incorporates enhancements for passengers, including the 
introduction of three car trains and new services to Woolwich Arsenal and 
Stratford International. 
 
Serco has operated the DLR since 1997, winning...

            
        
    
    	    
                
                
	

		

					 
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