Research Briefing
Railways: Cairngorm Funicular Railway
This Note briefly describes the problems surrounding the replacement of the Cairngorm chair lift with a funicular railway in 2001.
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Research Briefing
Railways: Greater Western franchise, 2006
This short note looks at the terms of the Greater Western franchise which was taken over by First Group on 1 April 2006.
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Research Briefing
Railways: Strategic Rail Authority, 1998-2005
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.
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Research Briefing
Railways: 2004 White Paper
This note summarises the White Paper The Future of Rail published on 15 July 2004.
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Research Briefing
Railways: 2007 White Paper
In July 2007 the Government published a Rail White Paper, Delivering a Sustainable Railway, incorporating the first high level operating statement (HLOS). It also published the Rail Technical Strategy. This Note gives an overview of these two documents along with responses from industry and opposition parties.
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Research Briefing
Railways: Railtrack, 1994-2002
The Note gives a history of Railtrack from when it was set up in 1994 to 2002 when it emerged from administration.
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Research Briefing
Transport Policy in 2010: a rough guide
This paper gives an overview of transport policy in the UK in 2010. It examines a range of issues related to transport policy, including policy-makers, spending on and sources of funding for transport, the transport policy of the main political parties, and the challenges in formulating transport policy in 2010.
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Research Briefing
Railways: privatisation, 1987-1996
This note describes the structure of the rail industry following privatisation by the Railways Act 1993. It is intended to give a factual account and only briefly touches on the issues involved in reaching decisions about the form of privatisation chosen or its shortcomings.
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Research Briefing
Railways: Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996
This Note gives the background to the 1996 Act which legislated for the building of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link; details on the scheme post-1996 can be found iin SN/BT/267.
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Research Briefing
Railways: West Coast Main Line
This Note provides background to the WCML upgrade project completed in December 2008.
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Research Briefing
Transport: rural areas
This note explains the Government's approach to rural transport.
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Research Briefing
Eddington Transport Study
This note sets out the conclusions of the 2006 Eddington study into transport and the economy and subsequent responses to it.
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Research Briefing
London Underground PPP: background
This note looks at contemporary assessments of the investment needed to upgrade the London Underground, some of the proposals consequently put forward to bring this about and the Labour Government’s final decision to fund future development with a Public Private Partnership (PPP).
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Research Briefing
Transport in London
Transport in London. House of Commons Library Research Paper 08/36
Total results (page 10 of 11)