It has been designed to end the current “blame-game system” between track and train operators.
Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps
It has sparked a row with the Scottish Government, which earlier this year revealed plans to nationalise train services north of the border by March 2022 and says it was not consulted on the GBR project.
Getting Aberdeenshire back on track
Aberdeen-based train driver Jordan Jack launched the Campaign for North-East Rail (CNER) at the start of April to reopen long-shut stations throughout the north-east that have been closed since the 1960s Beeching cuts.
Mr Jack, the co-chairman of the CNER, put forward the proposals after working together with engineers for on them for six months.