On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 17:01:03 -0000, Martin Underwood wrote in
, seen in
uk.railway:
Paul wrote in
:
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The concept of ticket offices and machines which only sell one
specific TOC's tickets is abhorrent to me.

HEX is not a TOC

All right. If you want to split hairs, maybe I should have said "the
TOC which runs the HEx service".

Which TOC runs it? I thought it was a privatly subsidised service

Is the company which runs it not classed as a TOC then?

No.

HEx is an Open Access Operator, like Hull Trains. They are both Train
Companies, but not TOCs.

A TOC is a franchise of part of the former-BR network - it's a bit of
terminology with a specific meaning.


And to clear up another bit of regular confusion, the TOC is not the
franchisee or vice versa.

So, for example: Central Trains = TOC; National Express = franchisee.
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