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    Railways: Railtrack administration and the private shareholders, 2001-2005

    Tuesday, 10 August, 2010

    This Note provides information about Railtrack and the Railway Administration Order Rules 2001. The last sections explain the position of the shareholders and the court case some of the private shareholders brought against the Government in July 2005.

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    • Rail
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    Railways: Docklands Light Railway (DLR)

    Tuesday, 04 May, 2010

    This note outlines the development of the Docklands Light Rail (DLR) system in East London and summarises the recent and planned expansion of the system.

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    • Rail
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    Transport and Works Act 1992

    Wednesday, 14 April, 2010

    This Note explains why the TWA was introduced and how it works.

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    • Planning
    • Rail
    • Roads
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    Railways: Central Railway

    Tuesday, 13 April, 2010

    This note gives information on the proposed freight railway linking Liverpool and Glasgow with northern France, via the Channel Tunnel. The scheme has been stalled since 2006.

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    Railways: Royal Mail services, 2003-

    Tuesday, 13 April, 2010

    This note explains the end of Royal Mail rail services in 2004 and the rapid resumption of services with a different freight company later the same year.

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    • Communities
    • Rail
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    Railways: Cairngorm Funicular Railway

    Tuesday, 13 April, 2010

    This Note briefly describes the problems surrounding the replacement of the Cairngorm chair lift with a funicular railway in 2001.

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    • Rail
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    Railways: Greater Western franchise, 2006

    Wednesday, 07 April, 2010

    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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    • Rail
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    Rail Safety Statistics

    Thursday, 01 April, 2010

    Rail Safety Statistics. By Ross Young. SN/SG/2043.

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    • Rail
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    Railways: Strategic Rail Authority, 1998-2005

    Wednesday, 31 March, 2010

    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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    • Rail
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    Railways: 2004 White Paper

    Wednesday, 31 March, 2010

    This note summarises the White Paper The Future of Rail published on 15 July 2004.

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    • Rail
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    Railways: 2007 White Paper

    Wednesday, 31 March, 2010

    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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    • Rail
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    Railways: Railtrack, 1994-2002

    Wednesday, 24 March, 2010

    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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    • Rail
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    Transport Policy in 2010: a rough guide

    Friday, 19 March, 2010

    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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    • Aviation
    • Rail
    • Roads
    • Transport
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    Railways: privatisation, 1987-1996

    Thursday, 18 March, 2010

    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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    Railways: Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996

    Wednesday, 17 March, 2010

    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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