Policy - Page 6

It will be interesting to see how far the current Rail Minister gets with his invitation to his shadow to work together to get the Draft Bill through Parliament before the election. The general consensus seems to be that timings remain challenging.  

As the government lifts safeguards to the West Midlands - Crewe section of HS2 land, "the HS2 network could be revived", argues Professor Andrew McNaughton.

With a General Election looming, RailReview asks two industry leaders what they think political parties should be including on rail in their election manifestos

Scrapping HS2E would be political suicide for Johnson

This is a unique opportunity which will not come again

To keep those loaned votes, PM, you must approve HS2

“Perhaps Williams is treading carefully so as not to scare the horses at the DfT and in Government”

“A new way of delivering the railway cannot now be avoided… and a radical fare review must be part of it.”

"I wish Andrew Haines well. Government cannot succeed unless NR succeeds and the rest of the industry cannot succeed if Haines fails."

“...a cabinet office minister said ...that too often when discussing policy, officials just ‘didnt know what they were talking about”