The Future of Rail - White Paper CM 6233
Table of contents
- Front cover
- Foreword
- Executive summary
- What we are going to do
- The importance of rail
- Chapter 1 - The case for reform
- The history
- The privatised railway
- The railways today
- The problems of the current structure
- Chapter 2 - Where we are now
- Public sector funding
- Controlling costs
- Performance
- Safety
- The benefits of rail
- Chapter 3 - The role of Government
- Controlling the budget
- Setting the strategy
- Safety
- A joint economic and safety regulator
- Passengers, customers and suppliers
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3: summary of key changes
- Chapter 4 - A better industry structure for delivery
- The objectives of reform
- A new structure for the railways
- Freight and open access
- Managing the transition
- Chapter 4: summary of key changes
