This Note describes the setting up of the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA), the background to it, its functions and powers as set out in the Transport Act 2000 and its abolition in 2005.
Railways: Strategic Rail Authority, 1998-2005 (148 KB , PDF)
This Note describes the setting up of the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA), the background to it, its functions and powers as set out in the Transport Act 2000 and its abolition in 2005.
Railways: Strategic Rail Authority, 1998-2005 (148 KB , PDF)
Network Rail, train operators and British Transport Police all have a significant role in responding to and reducing suicides on the rail network. Local and national highway authorities have a similar role on the road network.
This Bill would nationalise franchised passenger railway services when existing contracts with private sector operators come to an end.
An overview of the Government's and opposition's plans for reforming the railway in Great Britain
