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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/network-rail-trains-control-performance-timetable-9g8vxqv9h
Unfortunately the article is mostly behind a paywall but from what I am able to see of it the idea is something that could come out of the Williams Review.
I am not convinced that NR should be specifying services as there will be a contest between passenger services and track access for maintenance and I cannot see NR being a fair arbiter in this.
Network Rail could be given new powers over trains in the biggest overhaul of the railways for 25 years.
The Times has learnt that a government review is considering handing greater control to Network Rail, which currently operates the tracks, in an attempt to improve performance.
The government-owned infrastructure group would get the power to specify and award contracts to private train operators to run passenger services, bringing the operation of the tracks and trains closer together.
Rail industry sources said that the initiative was being closely considered by Keith Williams, the former chief executive of British Airways, who is leading the review...
Unfortunately the article is mostly behind a paywall but from what I am able to see of it the idea is something that could come out of the Williams Review.
I am not convinced that NR should be specifying services as there will be a contest between passenger services and track access for maintenance and I cannot see NR being a fair arbiter in this.
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