James, the question is, was Thames Trains about Thames Trains, the company, or the franchise it owned. I think it was about the former, though you culd be forgiven for thinking it was about the latter; the state of Franchises versus Companies on the Wikipedia is not good. But in this case, I'm not sure I agree that the new franchisee should take over the old company's wiki article; rather, a new article should be written for the new company. Just my half penn'th. best wishes --Tagishsimon