Directions and guidance to the Strategic Rail Authority
Table of contents
- Establishment of the strategic rail authority
- Purposes of the strategic rail authority
- Statutory background to directions and guidance
- Rail regulation in Great Britain
- The strategic approach
- Background
- The Government's Objectives
- The authority's objectives
- The authority's strategies
- Investment
- Franchise management
- New or replacement franchises
- Change of control
- Consultation - strategies and general
- Other matters
- Annex A: Objectives
- Annex B: Other specific issues
- The broader policy framework
- Network benefits and passengers' rights
- Rail passengers' committees
- Passenger transport executives (PTEs)
- Future service levels
- Fares
- Open access competition
- Local and regional transport plans
- Railway land
- Research
- Collection and publication of data
- Rail staff concessionary travel
- Railways pension scheme
- European union issues
- Annex C: Passenger rail franchising
- Appendix
- Annex D: Collection and publication of data
- Memorandum of Understanding between SRA and DfT concerning the production, dissemination and publication of statistics about the performance of the National Railways system

