A KEY ELEMENT of the Railways Bill introduced on July 7 by Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is the power given to the Rail Regulator to direct ’facility owners’, notably Railtrack, to invest in projects deemed necessary by the new Strategic Rail Authority. The SRA is being established primarily to overcome serious difficulties which have emerged in planning the development of fragmented rail operations.
The bill defines the SRA’s purposes as:
EUROPE: The EU Agency for Railways has launched ERA Railway Factsheets, giving what it calls ‘a comprehensive overview of the rail sector across European countries with one-click access’. Covering aspects such as transport statistics, railway organisations, rolling stock, infrastructure, safety, market structure, and the legal framework, ...
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