IT seems that the Government’s plans for the future of Britain’s railways have fallen at the first hurdle.
We were led to believe that reforms would put the passenger first. We now find that one of the first fruits is a group set up with representatives from across industry – Network Rail, TOCs and trades unions (July issue, page 7) – all of which have vested interests, but none of which represents passengers (or indeed freight operators). It seems their remit is solely to consider cuts of about £2bn in a “future with fewer passengers”.