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Ministers set to reveal radical rail shake-up
The long-awaited white paper will contain pledges to introduce new flexible season tickets in order to get people back on trains.
Ministers are set to reveal the biggest overhaul of the UK’s rail system in three decades, with reforms including the introduction of flexible season tickets and pay-as-you-go travel across the network.
The coming week will see the publication of a long-awaited white paper on the future of the country’s rail network, the Times reported.
Chief among the reforms, the day-to-day running of the rail system will be brought under the control of a new body, independent of the Department for Transport (DfT).
Railways set for biggest shake-up since privatisation
As the railways adjust to changing working patterns, carnet tickets will be offered to commuters who come to the office for one or two day
15 May 2021 • 5:34pm
Ministers are set to announce the biggest shake-up of the railways since privatisation on the three-year anniversary of a bungled timetable overhaul that provoked nationwide fury among commuters.
Flexible season tickets will be formally unveiled as Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, lays the groundwork for a series of radical changes on Thursday.
As the railways adjust to changing working patterns, French-style carnet tickets will be offered to commuters who come to the office for one or two days a week.
More than half (58 per cent) of incidents took place in South East Wales, and over a third (37 per cent) were committed by people under the influence of alcohol.
With pubs set to re-open fully in Wales from Monday, emergency workers are asking the public to treat them with respect, and have the following plea – work with us, not against us. There were 629 assaults on Welsh Ambulance Service staff over the 20-month period. Jason Killens, chief executive of the Welsh Ambulance Service, said: “Our ambulance crews are there to help people, but they can’t fight for someone’s life if they’re fighting for theirs.
Interview | Mike Wright of Network Rail on setting a new tone for project delivery
Amounts of time and cost required to move projects from concept to reality are often criticised in the UK construction industry, but Network Rail is tackling the issue head on with a fresh look at its project delivery framework.
From the start of this year the Governance for Rail Investment Projects (Grip) process, which has been in place for more than a decade, is being replaced with Project Acceleration in a Controlled Environment (Pace).
There is a lot more to the change than a new name and Network Rail programme director (capital investment) Mike Wright believes the impact will be seen in less than 12 months.