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4 days ago · The IRB in the draft Rail Reform Bill will be branded as Great British Railways, which was proposed in the plan. Labour’s plan for rail. In December 2023 Labour commissioned an independent Review of Rail Infrastructure and Urban Transport.
- Lewis Pickett, Louise Butcher, Noel Dempsey
- 2021
5 days ago · In particular, the Department has not yet established Great British Railways (GBR), the new organisation intended to act as the ‘guiding mind’ for the whole rail system and which it originally planned to have set up by March 2024.
2 days ago · UK Performance figures show Tories’ total failure on railways, says Labour Statistics show the equivalent of 3.8% of services on Britain’s railways were cancelled in the year to the end of March.
4 days ago · The UK will hold a general election on 4 July when new MPs will be elected to the House of Commons. One of the major initiatives as part of this reform is the creation of Great British Railways (GBR), which is a new body to run and plan the rail network, own the infrastructure and collect most fare revenue.
4 days ago · The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has examined progress made with reforming the railway since Keith Williams was appointed to restructure the industry in 2018, following the failure of timetable changes on Northern and Thameslink in May of that year. The Committee has taken evidence from politicians, senior industry figures and ...
4 days ago · The Department for Transport (DfT) has “has achieved very little” in its efforts to bring in rail reform, with Great British Railways’ responsibilities remaining unclear and taxpayers losing out according to the Public Accounts Committee.
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5 days ago · The Department intended that Great British Railways (GBR) would act as the ‘guiding mind’ for the railways, with responsibility for the whole rail system. 40 But the Department and HM Treasury disagreed on key areas of rail reform from the start, including GBR’s remit and level of independence, the extent to which it or the private sector should set fares and services, and views on how ...
