Policy - Page 2

The Government are looking for volunteers for a new ticketing trial which it hopes will kick-start its overhaul of the wider ticketing system across the national network.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has recommended that rail fare enforcement is overhauled and made fairer in a new review of the current system.

Newspaper report had suggested Transport Secretary could reverse decisions deemed to be “at the expense of the taxpayer”.

Several routes on the London Underground were affected, as well as Overground services.

A review led by Lord David Blunkett has unveiled a sweeping, phased rail investment blueprint for Yorkshire, which it hopes will revolutionise connectivity across the region and inject billions into the local and national economy.

MPs have quizzed Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander after national media reports of a rail nationalisation blunder that is claimed to have cost taxpayers £250 million.

Network Rail’s stockpile of rails will last a year despite any possible disruption in the supply from British Steel’s Scunthorpe Works.

South Western Railway is to use guards to close train doors at stations on its long-delayed fleet of Class 701 Arterio trains.

Government departments are widely expected to face budget cuts from June.

Transport Select Committee publishes accessibility report and asks DfT for clarification on rail reform consultation.