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Can a fragmented railway support prosperity?

“Ultimately improvements in the capacity, connectivity, affordability and reliability of the network have to be targeted to the benefit of the passenger,” according to Louise Ellman (Chairman of the Transport Select Committee). She argues that the sector’s performance when compared with our European cousins is poor and must be improved, though she concedes that there is no easy answer. Ellman explains that the TSC is conducting a series of five interconnected inquiries into the future of rail with the aim of taking a sectoral approach to dissect the railway, from its ownership and governance, to the way in which infrastructure is being improved and managed.

We've read it in: Transport Times, October 2016, p14