Talk:Train operating company

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Merge

Should this page be merged with List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom and Summary of Train Operating Companies in the United Kingdom ??? Thoughts people. Pickle 18:56, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No. Exaplained why at List. Simply south 16:55, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestions for cleanup-editing

Would Add/Point Out list of suggestions for improvement of the page.

Summary: Is the term TOC exclusive to the UK? - By which I mean should this page say TOC -Train Operating Company for UK TOC's See for French TOC's see ect.
Expansion of the term Majority Franchise
Better list of who is responsible for franchises
Organisation

Railway Network Set-up either cleaned up or made simpler to understand
The list of which Government/Department is responsible for each franchise

Is the list of TOC parent companies needed?
Changes

Could this be shortened? its very long and I would presume the information about these companies/franchises is held elsewhere

Confirm the current list of TOC's and provide a source?
Future TOC's - I don't believe that TOC's for re-let belong under this heading, maybe a TOC renewal header further down?
Confirmation the "GO" is a TOC and not a travel/booking agent
I don't believe the Sea Links Section has any relevance?
Again is Dutchflyer a TOC?
Should the Orient Express come under the railtours section?

this was also posted here

LongRobin79(talk) 22:06, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Freight operating company

The third line of this page mentions 'Freight rail services' however this is a 'FOC' (Freight operating company) not a TOC. A Train operating company (passengers) and a Freight operating company are two different things, in the uk at least. There is a page for Freight operating company that redirects to 'Rail freight in Great Britain' page. This needs fixing by someone experienced. Wheelspinzmarks (talk) 10:30, 21 February 2020 (UTC) comment added by Wheelspinzmarks (talk • contribs) 13:49, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback needed

Could someone with rollback rights please urgently sort this page out? It's absolute shambles... Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 20:25, 3 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Can you suggest a point in history to go back to? 10mmsocket (talk) 21:22, 3 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps here?: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Train_operating_company&curid=923810&diff=1080841319&oldid=1080818737 Mattdaviesfsic (talk) 04:28, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done (to the one edit before that). Also requested temporary page protection hoping this IP editor gets bored and moves on. 10mmsocket (talk) 06:40, 4 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]