Friday, 4th January 2013

UK: Rail 2020

Source: House of Commons Transport Committee (UK)

From Summary:

In May 2011 a review led by Sir Roy McNulty published its report on the efficiency of the UK railway and concluded that there was a 40% efficiency gap between the UK railway and European comparators. This prompted the Government to publish a Command Paper on rail, Reforming our Railways, which, amongst other things, tasked the rail industry with making savings amounting to £3.5 billion a year (in 2008/09 prices) by 2018/19.

We looked at this issue in the wider context of asking why the railway should be in receipt of public support, where that subsidy should be targeted, and what should be the Government’s vision for rail by the time the McNulty savings are due to be delivered at the end of the decade.

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• House of Commons Transport Committee (UK)

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Having begun his career in academic libraries, Adrian Janes is currently an Information Services Librarian with the London Borough of Havering.

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