Directions and Guidance to the Strategic Rail Authority 2004
Table of contents
- Introduction
- Directions and guidance to 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 to 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 passenger's committees
- Passenger Transport Executives (PTEs)
- London
- Fares
- Open access competition
- Local and regional transport plans
- Railway land
- Research
- Rail staff concessionary travel
- Railways pension scheme
- European Union issues
- Annex C - Passenger rail franchising
- Policy and funding
- Objectives
- Process
- Outputs
- Next steps
- Appendix - Directions Under Section 26(1) of the Railways Act 1993: Statement of Policy
- Introduction
- General use of power
- Early replacement of a franchise
- Sorts of direction
- Relationship with Secretary of State's consent required in the Directions and Guidance.
- Annex D - Collection and publication of data
- 1. Collection of data
- 2. Publication of data
- 3. Provision of detailed data to DfT
- 4. International obligations
- 5. Data quality
- 6. Documentation
- 7. Presentation
- 8. Ad hoc enquiries
- 9. Liaison
- 10. National Statistics.
