Author: Secretary of State for TransportPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Delivering a sustainable railway. Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State, July 2007
Author: Secretary of State for TransportPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Delivering a Sustainable Railway
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport CommitteePublisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215522221
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
The White Paper, 'Delivering a sustainable railway' (Cm. 7176, ISBN 9780101717625) published on July 2007 and set the Government's general vision for the railways for the next thirty years. Network Rail's engineering overruns at New Year 2008 caused tremendous inconvenience to passengers across the country and inevitably shaped the Committee's oral evidence sessions. The Committee's investigation, along with analyses from the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) have led them to believe that the engineering overruns are symptonatic of crucial system flaws which have to be resolved if there is to be any hope of getting a sustainable railway, as promised in the White Paper. This report covers both subjects
Delivering a sustainable railway
Author: Great Britain: Department for TransportPublisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 0101717628
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A White Paper, dated July 2007. The Rail Technical Strategy published by the DfT is available separately (ISBN 9780115528903)
Delivering a Sustainable Railway
Author: Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Transport CommitteePublisher:
ISBN: 9780215523976
Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Government response to HC 219, session 2007-08 (ISBN 9780215522221)
The FUTURE of Rail
Author: Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1016
Book Description
Priorities for investment in the railways
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport CommitteePublisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215544025
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The railways in Britain are currently experiencing historically high levels of investment. Network Rail, the monopoly owner and operator of Britain's fixed rail infrastructure, is investing about £35 billion in the railway network between 2009 and 2014. In this inquiry the Transport Committee assess the value of further investment to enhance Britain's railway network and - within the context of likely public spending reductions following the recession - to identify essential rail investment priorities for the future. Investment in rail enhancements can positively benefit the economy through reducing journey times, providing access to employment, contributing to the regeneration of local areas and, in the short-term, providing much-needed construction jobs. Failure to invest now to enhance the network, and to alleviate capacity constraints, will only damage the prosperity of the railways in the long term. The Committee believes the Government should continue to focus on enhancing the network, promoting integration of transport modes and reacting positively to proposals to develop new rail lines, or reopening old ones, serving communities with little or no access to the rail network. The report sets out which needs and schemes the Committee thinks should be considered high priorities in the medium to long-term.
Parliamentary Debates
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 922
Book Description
Contains the 4th session of the 28th Parliament through the session of the Parliament.
Transport in the South West
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: South West Regional CommitteePublisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215544117
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Transport in the South West : First report of session 2009-10, Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence
Freight Transport
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport CommitteePublisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215521941
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This is the 8th report from the Transport Committee (HCP 249, session 2007-08, ISBN 9780215521941) and focuses on freight transport. The Committee has set out 29 recommendations, including: that the Government needs to adopt a more proactive freight strategy, given there are significant economic and transport benefits to be gained; the Department of Transport should produce a national freight plan, setting out aspirations for the reduction in congestion and transport emissions, freight infrastructure and job opportunities and the development of future technologies that maybe beneficial for the freight business; that rail and water freight must be able to compete on a an equal footing with road transport; that the Government could do more to encourage waterborne freight transport; that Network Rail must recognise the importance of freight instead of treating it as the poor relation of passenger services; that the Government needs to engage with European freight schemes to ensure that UK business is not disadvantaged and further, highlight the importance of the UK air freight operators' competiveness with continental operators; the Government needs to discuss a way forward with the UK haulier industry, which the Committee sees as being unfairly treated through subsidising their continental competitors through high levels of taxation on fuel.