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Directions and guidance to the Strategic Rail Authority

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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
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