If the HSC recommends a wider role for ATP, says one railway industry source, the funding issue «will be a real dilemma for the government». (newscientist.com)
IN A MOVE that stunned the North American railway industry, the US Surface Transportation Board on March 17 ordered a freeze on all mergers of large railways. (railwaygazette.com)
Tuesday 10.05 - Transport rail 2020, Maggie Simpson, Policy Manager, Rail Freight Group and Nigel Jones, Head of Planning and Strategy, DB Schenker; Michael Roberts, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Train Operating Companies, Paul Plummer, Group Strategy Director, Network Rail, Jeremy Candfield, Director General, Railway Industry Association and Dr Richard Wellings, Deputy Editorial Director, Institute of Economic Affairs; Kaj Mook, Head of Customer Service Transition, Merseyrail (politics.co.uk)