Views sought on legal framework for Williams-Shapps Plan for rail – Transport Xtra
The DfT has launched a public consultation that sets out plans for legislative changes needed to reform the railway. This follows publication of the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail in May 2021, and announcement in the Queen’s Speech on 10 May 2022 to introduce a Transport Bill to Parliament to modernise rail services.
Control of rail infrastructure and trains will be brought under the control of new public centralised body Great British Railways (GBR). It will own the infrastructure,…