ARRIVA AND FIRST BID FOR DENMARK -SWEDEN RAIL FRANCHISE
WO British train operators have been short-listed for a franchise to run rail services between Denmark and Sweden across the Øresund link. Arriva — which operates trains in Wales — and FirstGroup, which now operates the CapitalConnect, Great Western, ScotRail and TransPennine franchises, have both pre-qualified for a competition to run services between the Danish island of Zealand, which includes the capital city of Copenhagen, and the Swedish mainland. The train services run from Helsinor, north of Copenhagen, via Copenhagen airport and across the Øresund link — a bridge and tunnel opened in 2000 — to Malmö, and on to Gothenburg, Karlskrona and Kalmar, in Sweden.
Other bidders are reported likely to include Veolia, of France — previously known as Connex — MTR, of Hong Kong, and SJ, the Swedish state railway company.
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