Investing in the railway
MPs question Office of Rail Regulation and Passenger Focus
9 July 2014
Oral evidence session - Investing in the railway
Monday 14 July 2014, Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Witnesses:
4.05 pm
- Richard Price, Chief Executive, Office of Rail Regulation
- John Larkinson, Director, Economic Regulation, Office of Rail Regulation
- Anthony Smith, Chief Executive, Passenger Focus
- Mike Hewitson, Head of Passenger Issues, Passenger Focus
This is the second evidence session in the Transport Committee’s Investing in the railway inquiry, which aims to scrutinise the impact and deliverability of Network Rail’s £38 billion investment programme over the next five years (Control Period 5) and to identify priorities for investment after 2019.
The Committee will take evidence from the Office of Rail Regulation, the independent safety and economic regulator for Britain's railways and from Passenger Focus, the official, independent consumer watchdog representing the interests of rail users.
Likely topics for discussion include:
- the process by which priorities are set for Network Rail;
- the approach taken to ensuring all parts of the country benefit from investment in the railway; and
- passenger satisfaction with the railway and the extent to which passenger views are taken into account during the setting of funding and priorities for rail investment.