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Railway Infrastructure in Wales

Status: Closed Opened: 4 Dec 2020 Closed: 15 Nov 2021 14 recommendations 5 conclusions 1 report

We will look at where responsibility lies for the management of rail infrastructure in Wales, how funding is allocated to rail infrastructure projects across the UK and the share of investment Wales has received since 1994. We will also look at the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the rail network in Wales, and the … Show more

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
First Report - Railway Infrastructure in Wales HC 438 14 Jul 2021 19 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
9 Recommendation First Report - Railway Infrastructure i… Not Addressed

While we welcome the positive working relationship between the Welsh and UK governments on rail...

While we welcome the positive working relationship between the Welsh and UK governments on rail infrastructure projects, we are concerned that the UK Government’s Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP) is too slow and hampers, rather than helps, the evaluation of infrastructure proposals. In response to this report we recommend that … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government's response, identical to the previous one, details plans to establish new governance boards to develop and deliver rail enhancements, but does not explicitly set out plans to reform the RNEP process itself.
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Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
11 Mar 2021 Chris Heaton-Harris · Department for Transport, David T C Davies · Wales Office View ↗
25 Feb 2021 James Hooker · Welsh Government, Ken Skates MS · Welsh Government, Simon Jones · Welsh Government, Sir Peter Hendy · Union Connectivity Review and Chair of Network Rail View ↗
11 Feb 2021 Bill Kelly · Network Rail, James Price · Transport for Wales, Mark Hopwood · Great Western Railway, Richard Scott · The West Coast Partnership, Sarah Kelley · CrossCountry View ↗
21 Jan 2021 Julian Glover · Department for Transport, Professor Mark Barry · Cardiff University, Professor Stuart Cole · University of South Wales View ↗

Who gave evidence

14 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Bill Kelly · Route Director Wales & Borders Network Rail 1
Chris Heaton-Harris · Minister of State Department for Transport 1
David T C Davies · Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Wales Office 1
James Hooker · Rail Programme Director Welsh Government 1
James Price · CEO Transport for Wales 1
Julian Glover · Former special adviser Department for Transport 1
Ken Skates MS · Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales Welsh Government 1
Mark Hopwood · Managing Director Great Western Railway 1
Professor Mark Barry · Professor of Practice in Connectivity Cardiff University 1
Professor Stuart Cole · Emeritus Professor of Transport University of South Wales 1
Richard Scott · Director of Corporate Affairs The West Coast Partnership 1
Sarah Kelley · Regional Director for West & Wales CrossCountry 1
Simon Jones · Director Economic Infrastructure Welsh Government 1
Sir Peter Hendy · Chair Union Connectivity Review and Chair of Network Rail 1

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
9 Feb 2021 To cttee Letter from James Price, Chief Executive, Transport for Wales, re Future of Rai…