investing in the railway, rail investment
Network Rail questioned on rail investment
30 June 2014
The Transport Committee takes evidence on Investing in the railway on Monday 30 June 2014.
Witnesses
Monday 30 June 2014, Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
4.05 pm
- Paul Plummer, Group Strategy Director, Network Rail
- Jeremy Long, ATOC (Association of Train Operating Companies) Board Member and Chief Executive officer, European Business, MTR Corporation
- Nigel Jones, Rail Delivery Group member and Head of Planning, DB Schenker
- Clare Moriarty, Director General, Rail Executive, Department for Transport
- Roger Jones, Deputy Director, Rail Network Outcomes, Department for Transport
Purpose of the session
This is the first 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. Likely topics for discussion include the extent to which the investment in Control Period 5 will reduce bottlenecks in the network, improve resilience and meet demands for greater capacity.