Continental experience shows clear benefits of local control for local rail services. The greatest successes in increasing rail use through devolving control have been in rural areas and CPRE believes that reform of rail franchising should enable more local innovation for rail, as well as ensuring minimum standards.
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Reforming Rail Franchising
Response by the Campaign to Protect Rural England to the Department for Transport?s Consultation
A CPRE response
- Consultation response
- A4, 5pp
- October 2010
- PDF: Reforming Rail Franchising
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