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Title: Network Rail to do more, for less Post by: Chris from Nailsea on October 30, 2008, 22:22:34 "Network Rail (NR) has been ordered to increase efficiency while getting by on less money than it asked for. The Office of Rail Regulation said the infrastructure firm will have just under ^27bn to spend in the next five years - ^2.4bn less than it wanted."
For full details, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7699242.stm Reaction from the RMT: http://www.rmt.org.uk/Templates/Internal.asp?NodeID=113844 Title: Re: Network Rail to do more, for less Post by: Lee on October 31, 2008, 22:51:37 On a related note, the ORR have turned down Network Rail plans to impose a ^7.2 million ^lavatory levy^ to cover the cost of clearing effluent off the lines (link below.)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/3286898/Network-Rail-rebuffed-on-lavatory-levy.html Title: Re: Network Rail to do more, for less Post by: Tim on November 03, 2008, 09:13:50 On a related note, the ORR have turned down Network Rail plans to impose a ^7.2 million ^lavatory levy^ to cover the cost of clearing effluent off the lines (link below.) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/3286898/Network-Rail-rebuffed-on-lavatory-levy.html Presumably if they had been sucessful in getting this levy the franchisees would pay and then have their franchises adjusted in their favour to cover the costs which would make the whole things rather pointless? Title: Re: Network Rail to do more, for less Post by: John R on November 03, 2008, 10:33:48 On a related note, the ORR have turned down Network Rail plans to impose a ^7.2 million ^lavatory levy^ to cover the cost of clearing effluent off the lines (link below.) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/3286898/Network-Rail-rebuffed-on-lavatory-levy.html I thought it typical of the press that a serious issue involving billions of pounds was reduced to a cheap comment about an issue that is completely immaterial in the context of the story. Title: Re: Network Rail to do more, for less Post by: Lee on November 03, 2008, 13:13:39 On a related note, the ORR have turned down Network Rail plans to impose a ^7.2 million ^lavatory levy^ to cover the cost of clearing effluent off the lines (link below.) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/3286898/Network-Rail-rebuffed-on-lavatory-levy.html I thought it typical of the press that a serious issue involving billions of pounds was reduced to a cheap comment about an issue that is completely immaterial in the context of the story. To be fair, there have been a lot of articles focusing on the impact of the ORR announcement, which can be found in the relevant forum sections or "Greater Britain Round-ups." I'd agree though, that your comment is probably valid regarding the Telegraph article. Here is the Association for Consultancy and Engineering view on the ORR announcement (link below.) http://www.rmtbristol.org.uk/2008/11/engineering_body_says_rail_fun.html#more Title: Re: Network Rail to do more, for less Post by: Chris from Nailsea on December 01, 2008, 18:58:26 "Network Rail must ensure Christmas engineering work ends on time to avoid a repeat of the chaos of overruns last New Year, regulators have warned."
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