Electrification challenge.  Read the Network Rail/ATOC Challenge and DfT Rail's response in full.

Transport Committee report on passenger rail franchising

While I won't be reviewing this in Informed Sources until the January issue, I thought many readers would find it useful to have a copy of the Report available on Alycidon. 

Gwyneth on full throttle is an awesome sight!

14th Rail Franchising Embargo - (pdf 806kb)

PN78 Chairman press release for Rail Franchising - (pdf 106kb)

Disability Discrimination Act 2005

-Rail Services.

(Pdf file download 319kb)

DfT has published the OJEU Notice  seeking expressions of interest in IEP. Here it is ( as a Word document).  I hope you'll make Alycidon Rail your first stop for info on the new train.

I thought readers might like to see GNER's new Franchise Management agreement with DfT Rail. R.F.

Grayrigg Accident

I found it difficult to locate the RAIB's intereim report on their website, so here it is.  For all the background information and analysis, read  Informed Sources in the April Modern Railways, on sale 23 March

On 28 February the Department for Transport held a Rail Strategy Round Table. Roger Ford was among those attending and as a contribution to the debate circulated an informal background document on ‘What should the railway cost?' You can read a copy of this paper here.

Grand Central open access challenges February 2006;

- DfT response letter February 2006

- GNER response February 2006

1. DfT Rail published a briefing note on the development of the High Level Output Specification (HLOS) on 15 June.  As this is the Government's  first official statement on the HLOS since Periodic Review 2008  began back in December I thought I would make it available straight away, rather than wait until I have analysed it in Informed Sources.  Hope you find it useful,  Roger 

Full Sea Containers release

Disability conference presentation

On 11 May 2006 Roger Ford was one of the speakers at a conference on the 2005 Disability Discrimination Act. If you would like to view the Power Point presentation supporting his contribution to the conference, click here.

This is an experimental posting in Professional Stuff because Power Point slides provide a framework which the presenter then fills in with the detail, it may be a bit too basic to be useful. To help steer the development of Alycidon Rail we’d welcome some feed back on this presentation – is it worth a look or a waste of bandwidth? Click here to send an e-mail.