The Go-Ahead Group: The First 25 Years by Mark Lyons

The Go-Ahead Group: The First 25 Years by Mark Lyons

Go-Ahead began life as the Gateshead-based Go-Ahead Northern bus company after the privatization of the National Bus Company in 1987. Early expansion saw the acquisition of a number of smaller bus operators in the North East. During the 1990s, it entered London, where it rapidly became the largest provider of bus services in the UK capital. It has subsequently acquired operations across England. Rail privatization has presented another opportunity for the group and it currently operates Govia Thameslink Railway, comprising Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern as well as South Eastern. More recently, it has established an overseas presence and runs buses in Singapore and Dublin along with rail services in Germany and Norway. All of these are franchised operations. The Group continues to believe that public transport is best managed locally and its operating companies all retain local management and identities. Illustrated with over 150 color illustrations, this book looks at its first 25 years in detail with a brief update of developments since then.

Mark Lyons is Professor of Social Economy at the University of Technology, Sydney and is Australia's leading expert on third sector organisations. He was the inaugural chair of Australian and New Zealand Third Sector Research and a founding board member of the International Society of Third Sector Research. He has been a member of several government advisory bodies, including the Prime Minister's Round Table on Business/Community Partnership and the Reference Group on Welfare Reform.

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ISBN 13	9781913870294
ISBN 10	1913870294
Title	The Go-Ahead Group: The First 25 Years
Author	Mark Lyons
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Key Publishing Ltd
Year published	2022-07-01
Number of pages	96
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