Regular news: Issue 604 31 Aug 2012
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Funding / Financing, Railways, Scotland
Westminster rejects Scottish rail bid
Transport secretary Justine Greening has rejected Scottish ministers’ request for greater control of rail servicesTransport secretary Justine Greening has rejected the Scottish Government’s request that it be allowed to contract rail services to a Scottish public body.
The SNP Government believes that privatisation has led to “too much fragmentation and additional cost” and wants to be able to have a publicly-run ScotRail franchise to integrate track and service provision.
Scottish ministers wrote to the DfT in June to set out the case for a derogation of the part of the 1993 Railways Act...
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Your Comments:
1 Sep 2012
Does the existing legislation not permit a free-standing Social Enterprise not-for-profit company to run the railways. Provided the business plan stacks up, away the Scots go. Give F(W)irst the push.
Is there a precedent? Yes, it's called Network Rail!