Transport - Fifth Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 9 March 2005.

CONTENTS

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Introduction

Community Rail Development Strategy

Scope of the report

2 The costs of rural lines

Line closures

3 Importance of the railway to local communities

Social exclusion

Commuting

Local transport network

Tourism and the local economy

4 Barriers to increased use of rural railways

Lack of services

Service standards

Infrastructure constraints

Competition law

Bus deregulation

Through-ticketing

Co-ordination of bus and train timetables

5 Reducing costs and increasing benefits

Reducing costs

Infrastructure

Standards

Rolling stock

Track access charges

Increasing revenue

Railway Development Companies and Community Rail Partnerships

Community Rail Partnerships

Rail Passenger Partnership grants

Increasing passenger numbers

Increasing carriage of freight

Station buildings

Local transport plan funding

6 Conclusion

Conclusions and recommendations

Annex - Visit Notes

A. Report of the Transport Committee Rural Rail Visit to Shrewsbury and the Marches 2004

B.Report of the briefing on rural railways in Japan given to the Transport Committee in Tokyo 2004

Formal minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

Reports from the Transport Committee since 2002

ORAL AND WRITTEN EVIDENCE - HC 169-II

Wednesday 3 November 2004
Wednesday 10 November 2004
Wednesday 15 December 2004

Written Evidence

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Prepared 15 March 2005