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Author :Great Britain. Department for Transport Publisher :Stationery Office/Tso ISBN 13 :9780108510113 Total Pages :34 pages Book Rating :4.5/5 (11 download)
Book Synopsis Reforming Rail Franchising by : Great Britain. Department for Transport
Download or read book Reforming Rail Franchising written by Great Britain. Department for Transport and published by Stationery Office/Tso. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reforming rail franchises (DfT, 2010) included proposals for longer franchises, less detailed specifications, more private investment and alternative risk/reward mechanisms. This document outlines the general thrust of responses to the proposals and gives the resulting revised Government policies in the areas of: franchise length; franchise risk and reward; performance bonds and parental guarantees; specification on train services; crowding; service quality; other government bodies; investment; pre-qualification; after qualification; franchise award; managing and performance.
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 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.
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)
Book Synopsis Reform of the Rail Franchising Programme by : Amyas Morse
Download or read book Reform of the Rail Franchising Programme written by Amyas Morse and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 Options for Reforming the Railway Sector: A Comparison of Sweden, the UK, Japan and Germany by : Adam Fularz
Download or read book Options for Reforming the Railway Sector: A Comparison of Sweden, the UK, Japan and Germany written by Adam Fularz and published by Merkuriusz Polski ("Wieczorna.pl sp. z o.o."). This book was released on with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Railways were often described as an example of a natural monopoly. Their market structure was historically constructed as a monopoly, and strongly influenced by tight governmental regulation. Railways have been one of the most heavily regulated sectors of the economy almost all the time throughout its history.
Author :Great Britain: Department for Transport Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780101831321 Total Pages :80 pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (313 download)
Book Synopsis Reforming our railways by : Great Britain: Department for Transport
Download or read book Reforming our railways written by Great Britain: Department for Transport and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Command Paper sets out the Government's vision and policies for the railways. Applying to England and Wales, the Government seeks to work with the rail industry and others to secure significant reductions in the railway's cost base, while at the same time improving the railway for passengers and freight customers. The Government sees railway reform as delivering four objectives: (1) Securing value for the passenger and addressing concerns about rail fares; (2) Dealing with the fiscal deficit; (3) Supporting economic growth, through continued taxpayer investment for passengers and freight; (4) Delivering environmental goals, by reducing carbon emissions. The Command Paper also considers the finding and recommendations set out in Sir Roy McNulty's independent "Realising the Potential of GB Rail: Report of the Rail Value for Money Study" (available from the DfT here - http://www.dft.gov.uk/publications/realising-the-potential-of-gb-rail/). The publication is divided into six chapters: Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: A better deal for passengers; Chapter 3: A more strategic role for Government; Chapter 4: A more efficient industry; Chapter 5: Better information; Chapter 6: Implementing rail reform.
Book Synopsis Reforming the Railway Sector: Sweden, the UK, Japan and Germany by : Adam Fularz
Download or read book Reforming the Railway Sector: Sweden, the UK, Japan and Germany written by Adam Fularz and published by Merkuriusz Polski ("Wieczorna.pl sp. z o.o."). This book was released on with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wydawnictwo Gazety Poselskiej
Book Synopsis Statement of Policy on the Exercise of the Secretary of State's Power Under Section 26 (1) of the Railways Act 1993 by : Great Britain. Department for Transport
Download or read book Statement of Policy on the Exercise of the Secretary of State's Power Under Section 26 (1) of the Railways Act 1993 written by Great Britain. Department for Transport and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reforming rail franchises (DfT, 2010) included proposals for longer franchises, less detailed specifications, more private investment and alternative risk/reward mechanisms. This document outlines the general thrust of responses to the proposals and gives the resulting revised Government policies in the areas of: franchise length; franchise risk and reward; performance bonds and parental guarantees; specification on train services; crowding; service quality; other government bodies; investment; pre-qualification; after qualification; franchise award; managing and performance.
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. Transport, Local Government and the Regions Committee Publisher : ISBN 13 :9780215001436 Total Pages :60 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (14 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 2002-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report considers the measures taken by the Government to address the problems in the railway service and concludes that both short-term and long-term measures need to be taken urgently to put the industry right. They recommend that: 1) new long-term franchises should be awarded without delay, with a properly enforced system of penalties and incentives to ensure train operating companies improve performance; 2) a new and more constructive working relationship needs to be developed between the Government and the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA), which must be made into an effective body; 3) Railtrack's successor should be taken out of administration by October 2002 at the very latest and must be adequately funded. The report highlights the need for clarity between those responsible for rail infrastructure and train operation, and calls for consideration of the role of the SRA in relation to the maintenance, renewal and development of the rail network. The funding proposed in the Government's 10 Year Plan is found to be inadequate because the modernisation work will require very large sums of public money.
Author :Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee Publisher :The Stationery Office ISBN 13 :9780215052308 Total Pages :234 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (523 download)
Book Synopsis Rail 2020 by : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Download or read book Rail 2020 written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-01-07 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporating HC 537 i & ii. Additional written evidence is contained in Volume 3, available on the Committee website at www.parliament.uk/transcom
Book Synopsis Rail Economics, Policy and Regulation in Europe by : Matthias Finger
Download or read book Rail Economics, Policy and Regulation in Europe written by Matthias Finger and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-25 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European railway sector has undergone profound and predominantly institutional changes over the past 20 years, due to the initiatives of the European Commission. This book constitutes a first systematic assessment and account of the recent transformations of the industry along a series of critical yet contentious issues such as competition, unbundling, regulation, access charging, standards and interoperability, and public–private partnerships. It also covers the main railways sectors including passenger transport, high speed and freight.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :256 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Amtrak Reform Council's Restructuring Plan by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Railroads
Download or read book The Amtrak Reform Council's Restructuring Plan 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 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :European Conference of Ministers of Transport Publisher :OECD Publishing ISBN 13 :9282103528 Total Pages :130 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (821 download)
Book Synopsis Railway Reform and Charges for the Use of Infrastructure by : European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Download or read book Railway Reform and Charges for the Use of Infrastructure written by European Conference of Ministers of Transport and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2005-11-16 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains how barriers to growth in rail freight transport across Europe can be overcome. It recommends a simple set of charges that create incentives for management and planning of train operations across national borders.
Book Synopsis Rail Franchising Matters - The Award of Open Access Rights on the ECML. by : Robert Jupe
Download or read book Rail Franchising Matters - The Award of Open Access Rights on the ECML. written by Robert Jupe and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March 2006, the Rail Regulator made a controversial decision to award open access rights to a new train operator on the east coast route. A 10-year franchise had been granted to GNER on this route in 2005 on the assumption that there would not be competition from open access operators. This article examines this decision, concluding that it reflects confusion over responsibilities and the government's ambivalent attitude to rail privatization. Alternatives to the current 'malaise' are suggested.
Download or read book Passenger Rail Franchising written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
