elopment ance | Dev nning | Fin Policy | Pla 17 RMATION 20 MEDIA INFO News 13 anuary 2016 LTT687 11 December 2015 - 07 J 14 News .com/ltt nd sportXtra Scotla Tran uth East 2015 s – So October ritorie tober - 29 ting ter 2008 83 16 Oc ion, opera USINESS LTT6 al competit Bus B age potenti al s to encour g potenti takings wa k deterrin the under y is to ris ffect toda ss of but their e acce w ts.” Rail launches revie entran ghlin ews ape McLou 12 N st ging landsc r an - i ch eti ges F The comp char : reased s s ced inc u e ave fa and d tions h cGill’s p i era M s op nd e d ’s a i n t t il a s p s O i a u l ssr a i ro o e b of C r i t e s sigh tG h r l t n ove rs t o of l i in p ncing F s s fina e e of the s 5 r ity u a bil a l da i or B a aff n 1 ed r o- w s CP5 pr ia ie ’ e h 0 ev R of th in ot s r R lexity be used L 2 O comp ll also wi m m g r ie y Andrew Forster lio.” Thameslink o ion fro stron e b ent portfo s t t. by t age ncem r s st b i LE track us g the enha f we Ea IAB din s e d 5 m n THE VAR mme, inclu er and more e h in th cotlan e gra e larg k ac S d 8 v u e respect of th n geco ed in wne 6 renc c ta n -o o t diffe i S ai y T N r ary lines he adds: “This a nstr blicl econd S s co u T al and s le not t s t p L 6 o costs on rur n “on a sca ro- t up i rges tio t p u 2 ARY electrifica lex enhancemen a rstGro the la or- - p RET omp b i is aj r TRANSPORT SEC ng cost (i.e. debt c r “F hich n is m e p e times een financi s n, w hia 4 ch as thre K”. betw e hia Lot b o 3can be as mu re in the U s u Lot As mpted befo wo project d m t. “ m e dered atte es.” These t b y fro Firs rgh e g g hlin has or s gramm n alr ys bu ov n a ain Patrick McLoug ng) and scheme cost h riv ain,” sa f Edin p the m vici U it o N i r than those on nal respon- ser s e in Br City t o highe rganisatio riodic i th ny the 3 i t • unclear o tside NR’s pe t th pa – d 1 c n fice of Rail are funded ou t wi com rity pare x r t a review of the Of re critical following o so bus c autho ts com tu according to a repor etwork became mo c y do publi rb cos E se network, sibilities of the DfT, N , with the ORR S n onl ed by a to abso d lea and Road’s rail responsibilities, tion, where NR review cycles n but ca ity own ter ability r fares an P ed by the Rail Deliv- NR reclassifica o and a grea n lowe commission f its Rail and the ORR no part in determining d t Scotl cil – it has t to sustai rst- al review o playing i s un s i Fi ing a critic e rigorous l Ea Co low l.” (RDG). follow cope of became subject to mor s outh which al rcial riva ery Group ition of the s t n S up, me t • poor defin equirements. f s i rts Gro com 2 t etwork r funding r i n po irst a 01 /l rseeing N ica- thie l tio re F han in 2 role in ove The reclassif ra r to es t an om This seems to be at variance ‘scope creep’ capital controls. lso us ope Forste rating loss n Midlothi ra.c gramme of enhance- schemes, and ntally McLoughlin said he a aking b ndrew higher ope ith depot i rs in the tXt teg’s A Heavy Load to Rail’s pro portfolio tion of NR fundame loss-m hority. A its Dalke ber of yea por with P • poor programme and expected “passengers and oper- s to cut ets Aut oup closed s for a num ns ly 2014) which ments. l increases the oversight required p want Mark Gr eavy losse thian”. Tra Bear report (Ju r of management at Network Rai lay a much greater role stGrou ion and r posting h n from Lo the rvices Dame Colette Bowe, chai uring the affordability of ators to p Fir mpetit “afte competitio 2001 from argued that regional rail se sting errors in ass ities for future the Co significant formed in . the Banking Standards Board, • co re investment.” in developing prior oval of face of cGill’s was operations were being unfairly penalised. iew that insufficient rail infrastructu ior- appr k-based M nverclyde inted by McLoughlin “It is my v g the investments”. “Investment pr Greenoc d West’s I now has d that lightweight regional was appo en by all Alongside announcin a Scotlan , McGill’s G Pteg sai auses of the consideration was giv ities should be more closely le of Arriv 3 vehicles rclyde, DIN cated the same to investigate the c review of the ORR, McLoughlin sa ing with 3 cross Inve VI trains were allo ys three parties [DfT/NR/ORR] to o the franchising pro- a beginn 0 routes a ge). RO ewals cost escalations and dela e DfT was working with aligned t From perating 11 s over pa P T track maintenance and ren deliverability of the enhance- said th han 400, o (see map g EN afflicting Network Rail’s (NR) the pproach to gov- gramme.” more t Glasgow he survivin ND costs as inter-city trains, which amme, as distinct NR on a new a e is shire and s and also t PE enhancement pro- ment progr he aim Bowe emphasises that sh Renfrew dependent irstGroup DE “twenty times the infra- £11.5bn r strategic erning enhancements. “T s bought in in 2012. F NT IN caused nd and Wales from its affordability o not recommending moving away cGill’s ha tland West cross a E e per mile”. gramme for Engla is to provide the Government M Arriva Sco n to First a PM structure damag /15- desirability,” says Bowe. e long-term (five-year) rations of competitio clyde O S & tudy of in control period 5 (2014 the flexibility it needs to from th ope ow offers from Strath EL W EThe RDG initiated its s In an extraordinary passage, with r NR’s routine cGill’s n d services to EV NE C 2018/19). The Great Western nvestment pro- funding model fo says M on tendere “expected | D SIN the charging system in early 2014 the DfT did not even adjust its i mend a and has w First had E IS odernisation programme, Bowe says n future, spending. “I do not recom wide are sport that NC YS has now published its route m R’s role in gramme,” he said. “I ip for Tran NA AL and lectrification understand the OR replacing the periodic review Partnersh rce com- FI AN t detailing its find- comprising e of scope will be formally defined tion of”. up with fie | summary repor and judging the affordability for operations and main- quire a por d FirstGro sgow. ING e in three between London agreed along with an assess- system ac as provide st of Gla N ings. The work was don enhancements. and d renewals agecoach h , to the ea ead AN 9 Oxford/Newbury/ Bristol/ verability, including tenance an St bernauld d head-to-h PL 98 different phases by three different provided to the review ment of deli n in Cum of sustaine t- | d 1 f has been particularly “Views rtainties expenditure,” she says. petitio ear period roup, Firs Y TI Cardif ation of unce r-y rstG IC consultancies (F te that within the Depart- consider wing a fou ach and Fi vy 2015 OL e ly affected, with costs rising indica ts and sched- “Follo en Stageco ere so hea P Consulting/ bad that may affect cos betwe epot w Consulting/LEK 3 ment, it was expected that the mpetition bernauld d it has p licy from £1.6bn to £2.8bn (2012/1 l projects will be subject co at its Cum y 2013 and ambridge Economic Po ng that the port- ules. Al ort of the Bowe Review losses t in Ma . C ORR was assuri ol Rep Group’s n to close i irstGroup p he key finding prices). to a clear change contr ing of Network was take xplains F Associates). T chemes developed into the plann ision ch,” e ti- e’s final report lists a folio of s the dec o Stagecoa ing compe o to be that no major Bow thin the process.” Rail’s enhancement een sold t ced grow appears uld be delivered wi ntly b lso fa urgh t s of contributory factors to co e appropri- 9 is rece ess has a he Edinb t 33 ing and serie e added: “Wher ramme 2014-201 usin ing t Recruitmen changes to the charg unding envelope.