The Department for Transport (DfT) set out its plan to transform the way the rail system works in May 2021, in response to significant disruption to passengers in May 2018 following a failed introduction of a new timetable. The creation of Great British Railways (GBR) was proposed, a new organisation with responsibility for the whole …
| Title | HC No. | Published | Items | Response |
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| Thirty-Eighth Report - Rail reform: The rail transformation… | HC 652 | 27 May 2024 | 24 | Responded |
Government and industry reviews of the railways over the past two decades have identified similar problems to the Williams review.11 We asked the Department why these reviews had failed to lead to improvements. It said that reviews have not always looked at the whole of the railway in its entirety …
Improving accessibility runs throughout the Department’s reform ambitions and is one of the 62 commitments included in its White Paper: ‘The first robust national accessibility strategy and long-term investment programme will improve inclusion and access for all.’25 Even earlier than its White Paper commitment, the Department 18 Q 44 19 …
We asked the Department about the passenger improvements it has made for disabled passengers and people who find accessibility an issue. The Department recognised that it needs to make sure the railway works for disabled passengers, and that accessibility is going to increase in importance with demographic changes. The Department …
We asked the Department for clarity around how the new contracts would work. The Department told us that it is in the process of developing a further version of national rail contracts, designed to further encourage growth in revenue and passengers, and focus on the passenger experience. It said that …
The Department intended that Great British Railways (GBR) would act as the ‘guiding mind’ for the railways, with responsibility for the whole rail system.40 But the Department and HM Treasury disagreed on key areas of rail reform from the start, including GBR’s remit and level of independence, the extent to …
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| 29 Apr 2024 | Andrew Haines · Network Rail, Anit Chandarana · Department for Transport, Conrad Bailey · Department for Transport, Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB · Department for Transport | View ↗ |
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| 22 May 2024 | — | Correspondence from Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB, Permanent Secretary, Department … |
| 14 May 2024 | — | Correspondence from Dame Bernadette Kelly, Permanent Secretary, Department for … |
| 14 May 2024 | — | Correspondence from Dame Bernadette Kelly, Permanent Secretary, Department for … |