Greater Manchester Metro Limited (GMML) was a private company formed by the GMA
consortium (
GEC Alsthom,
John Mowlem
John Mowlem (12 October 1788 – 8 March 1868) was an English stonemason, builder and founder of the quarrying and construction company "Mowlem, Burt and Freeman".
Career
Mowlem was born in Swanage, Dorset, the son of a quarryman. As a young ma ...
and
AMEC) in 1989 to design, build and operate the
Metrolink light rail system in
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tam ...
, England.
Construction of the Metrolink system began in March 1990.
The contract was awarded for 15 years subject to early termination should the network be extended.
In 1997 contracts for extension was let to Altram (Manchester), a consortium of
Ansaldo Transporti,
Serco,
Laing Civil Engineering and
3i.
Serco Metrolink, a wholly owned subsidiary of Serco Limited, took over the operations and maintenance of the system on 26 May 1997. In March 2003, Serco bought out its partners and Altram (Manchester) Limited became a wholly owned subsidiary of Serco.
In July 2007 the contract to operate Metrolink was awarded to
Stagecoach.
Unlike Serco, Stagecoach did not own the concession, merely operated it on a fixed-term management contract. Stagecoach later sold the contract to the
RATP Group.
RATP buys Manchester Metrolink operator
'' Railway Gazette International'' 2 August 2011
References
Companies based in Manchester
John Laing Group
Manchester Metrolink
Post-privatisation British railway companies
3i Group companies
1989 establishments in England
1997 disestablishments in England
British companies established in 1989
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