Light rail consortium partners
Kinetic's consortium for light rail operations comprises Go-Ahead, Globalvia and Acciona.
World-renowned rail expertise
Kinetic owned Go-Ahead is the global operator of complex, large-scale rail operations including approximately 20 per cent of the UK’s rail network and large rail contracts in Norway and Germany.
Go-Ahead operates the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), which is the UK's largest rail franchise consisting of Great Northern, Thameslink, Gatwick Express and Southern, accounting for almost a quarter of all train journeys.
Our rail partner Globalvia is also a worldwide transport infrastructure manager that operates and maintains tram, light rail, metro and high-speed rail in Spain.
Operations at a glance
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Rail franchises
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Rail journeys in the UK
7400 7400
Passionate people managing 239 stations
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Rail consortium partners
Department for Transport (DFT) partnership
Operating a quarter of UK rail
Kinetic-owned Go-Ahead operates public rail transport in the UK across the Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR). This includes Great Northern, Thameslink, Gatwick Express and Southern, accounting for 24% of all UK rail journeys.
The network itself covers major London terminals, such as London Victoria, London Bridge and London St Pancras, as well as extending the network as far north as King’s Lynn and south to Brighton.
Norwegian Railway Directorate partnership
Norwegian rail operations
Go-Ahead's rail operations in Norway provide 171 daily services between Oslo, Kristiansand and Stavanger.
We operate services that include long distance and commuter rail routes.
We run 18 services a day on the Oslo-Stavanger route, a nine-hour train journey across the south coast of the Nordic country.
Consortium partners
Spanish light rail operations
Kinetic's consortium partner Globalvia operates 7 railways in 4 cities spanning over 80 kilometres of managed railway infrastructure.
This includes light rail networks in Seville, Madrid & Barcelona where Globalvia's leadership in light rail covers construction, supply of rolling stock, operations and maintenance.
