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Reading matter A
whole host of important documents have been published since the last edition of RTM went to press, from a variety of bodies and personalities within and without the industry.
From the industry strategic business plan for 2014-2019 to the Brown Review on franchising, and from the Transport Select Committee’s Rail 2020 report to the Rail Technical Strategy, and from the future rolling stock review to the latest National Passenger Survey from Passenger Focus, there’s certainly no lack of reading material here in the office.
For most RTM readers, it’s the contents of the strategic business
plan that will be of the most long- term importance,
since despite
the worthy improvements and recommendations in the Brown franchising review,
it does not
exactly propose the up-ending of the whole system or anything particularly radical as far as the general shape of the industry is concerned.
At the detailed level, the
recommendations are useful and worthwhile, but not revolutionary.
In talking up the SBP, it still must be said that much of its content will be familiar to many readers, especially for anyone who’s paid attention to the IIP and the HLOS.
But the number, size and scope of the projects and programmes confirmed for the next control period will have a huge effect up and down the supply chain,
from
tier one contractors to the smallest engineering firm on the rail infrastructure side.
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Every rail infrastruc- ture upgrade that Network Rail and the industry can win funding for means a boost somewhere for performance, capac- ity, reliability and/or resilience, and a bet- ter railway for pas-
The equitable geographic spread of those programmes is also something we consider this issue, with our focus on Crossrail 2.
Will other cities and regions stand for another multi-billion pound infrastructure project whose benefits are so centred on London and the south east?
From the Northern Hub to HS2, there are of course other major projects that benefit the English regions and other major cities, but as the passenger transport executives often point out, transport spending in the capital and its environs per head is certainly higher than elsewhere.
Crossrail 2 solves a number of problems for both Network Rail and Transport for London, and it was interesting to see such full- throated endorsement from Boris Johnson and David Higgins for London First’s work and Andrew Adonis’ excellent report.
How it will go down in the Treasury and Whitehall is the next question.
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Enjoy the February/March edition of RTM.
Adam Hewitt Editor
sengers and freight operators.
24 Freight policy RFG’s Maggie Simpson on the challenges facing rail freight.
32 Wave and pay
Contactless payment on the Tube, DLR and Overground.
38 Hong Kong Lessons for UK rail project management from abroad.
54 Crossrail 2
The case for a new £12bn cross-London tunnel.
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