Regional and Urban Rail
Resources
Periodic Review 2013: Consultation on incentives
The potential for increased on-rail competition
Initial Industry Plan Consultation
Rail in the North
Periodic Review PR13
Rolling Stock RUS
The rail industry - an introduction
Stations RUS
High Speed Rail: Investing in Britain's Future
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Amendment of Railways (Penalty Fares) Regulations 1994
Community railway strategy
Rail Review
Rolling stock strategy
Track access charge review
Future of rail
Specification of network outputs
Overcrowding on public transport
Capacity utilisation policy
Future fares policy
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Transport Secretary leads train naming to honour the late Barbara Castle
TRANSPORT Secretary Ruth Kelly today joined the family of Barbara Castle to help name a Northern Rail train after the late Labour MP and first woman Transport Minister.
Call for bigger say on local rail networks
Cllr Mark Dowd OBE, the new Chair of the group of six Passenger Transport Authorities (which represents the six English metropolitan areas of England) has written to the Secretary of State for Transport, Ruth Kelly MP, to welcome the prospect of greater influence over local rail networks.
Rail White Paper response
Geoff Inskip, Director General of Centro takes the lead for pteg on rail issues:
City region transport authorities welcome new trains – but regions should get fair share
Passenger Transport Authorities (PTAs) for six of Britain’s largest city regions have welcomed plans for 1,000 new carriages – but have called on Government to ensure that Britain’s booming city regions get their fair share of the investment.
pteg pleased with Northern Rail outcome
Roy Wicks, Director General of South Yorkshire PTE, and lead spokesperson on rail issues for pteg, today said:
Darling's rail expansion speech welcomed
Responding to Alistair Darling’s speech at a national rail conference on 15th March 2006, pteg Support Unit, Director, Tim Larner, said:
PTEs disappointed by downgrading of franchise powers but heartened by cross party support for strong future role
pteg said today it was disappointed that the Government has pushed through clauses in the Railways Bill that will remove the PTEs’ automatic right to be co-signatories of rail franchises [1] – despite considerable cross party opposition in both the upper and lower houses. The PTEs have used the
Passengers lose under Railways Bill
pteg expressed its concern today over clauses in the Railways Bill (published today) which would remove the PTEs’ powers to plan and manage local rail networks.
Concern over Railways Bill
Britain’s seven Passenger Transport Executives (which serve more than thirteen million people in some of the country’s largest city regions) have expressed their concern over Government proposals to strip them of their powers over local rail networks.
End of Northern rail franchise uncertainty
pteg today welcomed the Government's decision to go ahead with the Northern Rail franchise, and looks forward to working with Northern Rail operator - Serco-NedRailways.