franchise contact us search search govia shortlisted for west midlands franchise the joint venture between go ahead and keolis has been shortlisted for the west midlands franchise more rail minister launches new gatwick express train fleet the first train of a new 145m fleet for the gatwick express route has entered passenger service the class 387 2 electrostar train was formally launched by rail minister claire perry mp on thursday 10th march at london victoria station more latest news from govia transport secretary launches oyster and contactless payments at gatwick airport station passengers travelling between gatwick airport and london can now to touch in and out with the introduction of pay as you go using oyster and contactless as new payment methods more siemens preferred bidder for new great northern fleet a new fleet of modern air conditioned trains is a step closer for great northern suburban services to and from moorgate in the city of london more london midland awarded new contract to continue operation of train services govia welcomes the announcement by the department for transport dft that its 65 % owned train operating company london midland will continue to run the west midlands franchise until october 2017 more about usgovia is a joint venture between the go ahead group 65 % and keolis 35 % two substantial and successful transport companies in their own right . govia has extensive experience running complex and challenging rail operations managing significant change programmes and it has introduced more new train fleets in the uk than any other operator.govia currently runs three major rail franchises gtr govia thameslink railway southeastern and london midland . govia is the uk s busiest rail operator currently providing c. 35 % of all passenger journeys . more our companies gtr govia thameslink railway gtr operates thameslink southern great northern and gatwick express . more thameslink thameslink operates train services through london from bedford luton st albans brighton wimbledon sutton and sevenoaks . more southern southern operates train services into london from the south coast through east and west sussex surrey and parts of kent and hampshire . more great northern great northern operates train services into london from peterborough king s lynn cambridge hertford north and welwyn garden city . more gatwick express gatwick express is a non stop train service between london victoria and gatwick airport . more london midland london midland operates train services throughout the heart of england connecting london the midlands and the north west . more southeastern southeastern operates train services into london from kent and east sussex including the iconic javelin high speed service on hs1 . more govia we re part of the go ahead group terms of use contact us