UK: SSRA HINTS AT PUNISHMENT FOR TRAIN OPERATORS
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UK train operators running inefficient services may suffer increased financial penalties, although those achieving tough goals may see incentive payments doubled, the Shadow Strategic Rail Authority (SSRA) revealed on 27 January 2000. The SSRA revealed too that improving passenger services would be the decisive factor in choosing the future train operators under the franchise replacement process. Meanwhile, the UK's 25 train operators should be given 20-year franchises, according to the Central Rail Users' Consultative Committee, compared with franchises of between seven and 15 years at present. The committee believes that this would give operators the motivation to invest in the rail network.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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UK: DISPUTE OVER TRAIN WARNING SYSTEMS
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It has emerged that UK train operating companies and firms leasing rolling stock are in dispute over who should bear the costs of providing train protection warning systems (TPWS). It is thought that such systems could prevent two-thirds of all deaths from train collisions, while automatic train protection (ATP) would prevent them all. While Railtrack has agreed to pay GB[pound] 330mn to fit equipment on railway lines, it is not clear who should pay GB[pound] 40mn to install it on rolling stock. The controversy has arisen as the Paddington rail crash inquiry enters its eighth session, and shortly before the second rail summit called by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. It is understood that some of the parties involved are threatening legal action.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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UK: WARNING TO LONDON'S BUS AND TRAIN OPERATORS
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Bus and train operators serving London were warned on 3 July 2000 that their contracts may not be renewed if public confidence is not regained and tough performance targets were not attained. The warning came from the Major of London, Ken Livingstone, who said that Connex South Central's franchise would be cancelled in 2003. The franchise is scheduled for renewal in August 2000 but Mr Livingstone said that is unlikely to support the firm, which has been heavily criticised over cancelled and delayed services. Mr Livingstone also revealed that a new penalty system may be introduced for bus operators in the UK capital, saying that fares will be frozen and a single blanket fare brought in under his plans.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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