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The purpose of the Bill is to: Simplify the railways to ensure a better and more reliable service for passengers, to support economic growth across the country and ensure the survival of the railways.  Keep the UK at the forefront of transport innovation, helping deliver the reforms we have promised to decarbonise transport, transform the way we travel, and […]

By Mark Walker, Chief Executive, Cogitamus Limited CommentaryOur widely-viewed flowchart published in February 2021 describing the anticipated process for turning the Williams Review into law envisaged a significant role for the House of Commons Transport Committee in scrutinising the work of its authors and those tasked with implementing it.  We have been surprised up until […]

Rail Legislator flowchart level 2&3 By Mark Walker, Chief Executive, Cogitamus Limited CommentarySix months on from the publication of the White Paper and in the continuing absence of primary legislation to implement formally the recommendations of the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, the best source of kremlinological information on the reform process for the railways continues […]

Rail Legislator flowchart level 2&3 By Mark Walker, Chief Executive, Cogitamus Limited Stand-out points for the Rail Legislator team:1.     New rail legislation looks increasingly likely to be designed to recognise retrospectively changes to rail industry structure made by Network Rail and the UK Government;2.     The UK Department for Transport is setting up a ‘Design Authority’ for rail […]