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Book Synopsis Passenger Rail Franchising by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee
Download or read book Passenger Rail Franchising written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is thirteen years since the Railways Act 1993 started the process of privatising British Rail, replacing it with one company owning and managing the infrastructure, an open-access system for freight services and a series of twenty-five passenger franchises let to private companies for a specified period of time. This period has seen almost continuous change, and there is now a new 'triumvirate' framework with the Department for Transport, the Office of Rail Regulation and Network Rail in place, with the third generation of franchises in the process of being let and the number being reduced to nineteen. The Committee's report examines the current franchising system, focusing on the coherence of its objectives, the effectiveness of the process for awarding franchises and the management of franchise agreements, and whether more competition and vertical integration is needed. Findings include that the current system represents a policy muddle which lacks a coherent framework for the development of good services and delivery of value for money for passengers and taxpayers. The only way the Government can increase capacity and improve services for the long-term is to drop the dogmatic pursuit of competition in its decision-making as to what the private and public sectors can and should do in future. The Government's forthcoming long-term strategy for the railways will need to address these issues, and to set out a structure and a strategy capable of securing quality passenger rail services to meet demand over the next half a century.
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts Publisher : ISBN 13 :9780102275971 Total Pages :21 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (759 download)
Book Synopsis Office of Passenger Rail Franchising by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts
Download or read book Office of Passenger Rail Franchising written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee of Public Accounts and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Intercity East Coast Passenger Rail franchise by : Great Britain: National Audit Office
Download or read book The Intercity East Coast Passenger Rail franchise written by Great Britain: National Audit Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-03-24 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department for Transport took a tough line in negotiating with the owner of the InterCity East Coast franchise, National Express, before terminating the franchise agreement in 2009. The Department avoided disruption to passenger services and protected the taxpayer, securing overall value for money. In awarding the contract to National Express in 2007, the Department had applied lessons learnt from the failure of the previous franchisee, Great North Eastern Railway, and got a good deal. Adequate protections for the taxpayer had been included in the contract if the franchisee got into financial difficulties. The Department did not consider it necessary to stress test bids for deliverability should there be an economic downturn. By January 2009, however, the Department considered that the franchise was at high risk of failure. It refused to renegotiate the terms of the contract and the contract was subsequently terminated. Termination was the best way of protecting the taxpayer. If other franchises, which were seen as at high risk, had sought to renegotiate their contracts, the Department may have had to support them at an estimated cost of £200 million to £450 million. The costs of setting up East Coast, the new publicly owned company to run the franchise, and its eventual return to the private sector are expected to be £15 million. National Express paid the Department of Transport £31 million on the termination of its contract. However, the final cost to the taxpayer will not be clear until the franchise has been re-let in 2012.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :0215028740 Total Pages :44 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis The South Eastern Passenger Rail Franchise by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Download or read book The South Eastern Passenger Rail Franchise written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-05-11 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 2003 the Strategic Rail Authority announced that it would be terminating the Connex South Eastern franchise for passenger rail services in Kent, parts of Sussex and South East London; the first, and so far only, instance where a train operating company's franchise has been terminated early. Following on from a National Audit Office report (HCP 457, session 2005-06; ISBN 0102936498) published in December 2005, the Committee's report examines why the franchise experienced difficulties; why the contract was terminated, and the impact on the interests of the taxpayer. The report sets out a number of conclusions and recommendations on the lessons to be learned in order to reduce the risk of future franchise failures.
Book Synopsis The South Eastern Passenger Rail Franchise by : Great Britain: National Audit Office
Download or read book The South Eastern Passenger Rail Franchise written by Great Britain: National Audit Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-12-02 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the termination of Connex South Eastern's franchise for providing passenger rail services in Kent, parts of Sussex and South East London.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House Of Commons: Committee Of Public Accounts Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :0215091353 Total Pages :21 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis HC 600 - Reform of the Rail Franchising Programme by : Great Britain: Parliament: House Of Commons: Committee Of Public Accounts
Download or read book HC 600 - Reform of the Rail Franchising Programme written by Great Britain: Parliament: House Of Commons: Committee Of Public Accounts and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2016-02-12 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last time we discussed rail franchising was in 2012, in the wake of the collapsed competition for the InterCity West Coast franchise. We are encouraged that, since then, the Department for Transport has strengthened its capability to let franchises, but there are still gaps in its ability to then manage the contracts effectively. The Department's increased focus on the passenger experience is also welcome, but it is unclear when passengers themselves will actually see the benefits. Furthermore, the Department has not yet developed the partnerships with operators that are required to support innovation, improve efficiency and improve services for passengers. Successful rail franchising depends on strong interest from the market and effective competition but there are barriers to entry to the UK market and the possibility that current participants in the market may drop out. Any reduction to the current level of competition is a major risk to securing value for money for the taxpayer. Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the Department is to manage the complex interdependencies between passenger rail franchises, the infrastructure that train services run on and the introduction of new fleets of trains to the network. Uncertainty about infrastructure work has resulted in delays to franchise competitions and the Department will have to rely on potentially expensive changes to franchises during the life of contracts. The Department's role is to provide a strategic lead for the complex rail system but it has not yet shown that it has embraced this role. It needs to provide a coherent strategic vision and stronger leadership to ensure that the investment decisions it makes now do not result in increased costs in the long term.
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Book Synopsis The Brown Review of the Rail Franchising Programme by : Richard Brown
Download or read book The Brown Review of the Rail Franchising Programme written by Richard Brown and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The competition held by the Department for Transport to award a new InterCity West Coast franchise in 2012 was intended to be the first in the most extensive programme of franchising since privatisation. Significant errors were made by the Department during the competition, which not only caused the cancellation of that franchise award at considerable public expense but also called into question the remaining franchising programme. This report is the second of two independent reviews commissioned by the Government, by Richard Brown, the Chairman of Eurostar. It concludes that franchising is a fundamentally sound approach for securing the passenger railway services on which so many people rely. His recommendations include: that the franchising programme should be restarted as soon as possible, but at a pace that both the department and the industry can sustain; that franchise terms should be determined by the circumstances and size of each individual franchise; proposals to strengthen and simplify the bidding and evaluation process for each franchise; proposals for the financial and contractual structure of future franchises, including in relation to risk allocation and capital requirements; and that the government should plan to devolve responsibility for further English franchises to the relevant authorities. Mr Brown also makes recommendations on how to strengthen the department's capability to manage the future franchising programme, echoing the findings of Sam Laidlaw's independent inquiry into the lessons to be learnt from the InterCity West Coast competition. The review also recommends that the Government should determine, by February, plans for the three franchise competitions which were put on hold
Book Synopsis The Department for Transport by : Great Britain. National Audit Office
Download or read book The Department for Transport written by Great Britain. National Audit Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This NAO report (HC 1047, session 2007-09), examines rail franchises and the impact they have had on franchises competition; the taxpayer; the passenger and the approach to managing rail franchises in general. Passenger rail services are provided by train operating companies under franchise agreements which generally run 7-10 years. Whilst responsibility for the operation and condition of the track rests with Network Rail, the Department of Transport has ultimate responsibility where it affects passengers and has taken oversight responsibility for passenger rail franchising following the abolition of the Strategic Rail Authority in 2005. The National Audit Office has set out the following recommendations in respect of rail franchises, including: on letting franchises, regional decision making bodies, should have greater involvement; where bids for rail franchises occur, alternative options should be taken into consideration, such as value for money and affordability; that there should be transparency on financial support for franchises with information on how fares cover the overall costs of passenger rail services and the extent of Government support; that there should also be greater transparency on service quality standards; the Government, when negotiating extra passenger capacity, needs to adjust the contract revenue target where appropriate, so that it can better engage in commercial negotiations; also the Department should staff the National Networks Group adequately and not rely unduly on agency staff, given the strategic importance of rail franchising and the potential to reduce direct subsidies.
Author :Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport, Local Government and the Regions Committee Publisher : ISBN 13 :9780215002167 Total Pages :299 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (21 download)
Book Synopsis Passenger rail franchising and the future of railway infrastructure by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport, Local Government and the Regions Committee
Download or read book Passenger rail franchising and the future of railway infrastructure written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport, Local Government and the Regions Committee and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Passenger Rail Franchising and the Future of Railway Infrastructure
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :168 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (319 download)
Book Synopsis Future of Intercity Passenger Rail Service and Amtrak by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Download or read book Future of Intercity Passenger Rail Service and Amtrak written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis FirstGroup Plc and the Scottish Passenger Rail Franchise by : Great Britain. Competition Commission
Download or read book FirstGroup Plc and the Scottish Passenger Rail Franchise written by Great Britain. Competition Commission and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dated July 2004
Book Synopsis Competition, Regulation and the Privatisation of British Rail by : John Shaw
Download or read book Competition, Regulation and the Privatisation of British Rail written by John Shaw and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-24 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2000. This work looks at the privatization of British Rail. It covers the competition for franchises and the regulation of those franchises. The study evaluates the extent to which the promotion of competition was an appropriate policy goal in the privatization of British rail. The book examines the rail system as a whole and looks at the prospects for the future.
Book Synopsis Government Response to the Brown Review of the Rail Franchising Programme by : Great Britain: Department for Transport
Download or read book Government Response to the Brown Review of the Rail Franchising Programme written by Great Britain: Department for Transport and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2013-07-11 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dated July 2013. The Brown review published as Cm. 8526 (February 2013, ISBN 9780101852623)
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :0215028996 Total Pages :136 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis Personal Passenger Safety in Railway Stations by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Download or read book Personal Passenger Safety in Railway Stations written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-05-25 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personal passenger safety in railway Stations : Oral and written evidence, oral evidence taken on Wednesday 19 April 2006
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee Publisher : ISBN 13 :9780215032317 Total Pages :15 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (323 download)
Book Synopsis Passenger Rail Franchising by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Download or read book Passenger Rail Franchising written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee and published by . This book was released on 2007-01-29 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document sets out the Government's reply to the Committee's report (HCP 1354, session 2005-06; ISBN 9780215031105), published in November 2006, which examined the current rail franchising system, focusing on the coherence of its objectives, the effectiveness of the process for awarding franchises and the management of franchise agreements, and whether more competition and vertical integration is needed. Amongst its responses, the Government notes its disagreement with the Committee's conclusions that it is engaged in "the dogmatic pursuit of competition where competition is not possible" in the current rail franchising system.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :324 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Intercity Passenger Rail in America by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads
Download or read book Intercity Passenger Rail in America written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
