Delivering A Sustainable Railway

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215522221
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Delivering a Sustainable Railway written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Transport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The White Paper, 'Delivering a sustainable railway' (Cm. 7176, ISBN 9780101717625) published on July 2007 and set the Government's general vision for the railways for the next thirty years. Network Rail's engineering overruns at New Year 2008 caused tremendous inconvenience to passengers across the country and inevitably shaped the Committee's oral evidence sessions. The Committee's investigation, along with analyses from the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) have led them to believe that the engineering overruns are symptonatic of crucial system flaws which have to be resolved if there is to be any hope of getting a sustainable railway, as promised in the White Paper. This report covers both subjects

Author : Great Britain: Department for Transport
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 0101717628
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Delivering a sustainable railway written by Great Britain: Department for Transport and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-07-24 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A White Paper, dated July 2007. The Rail Technical Strategy published by the DfT is available separately (ISBN 9780115528903)

Author : Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Transport Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780215523976
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Delivering a Sustainable Railway written by Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Transport Committee and published by . This book was released on 2008-10-20 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Government response to HC 219, session 2007-08 (ISBN 9780215522221)

Author : Simon Blainey
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839095903
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Railway Engineering and Operations written by Simon Blainey and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-08 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Railways are frequently promoted as one of the most sustainable modes of transport. However, their impact will in practice be significantly affected by the ways in which they are designed, constructed, and used. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the issues involved in planning, engineering and operating sustainable railway systems.

Author : Marin Marinov
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030195198
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Rail Transport written by Marin Marinov and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-24 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a collection of rail orientated research articles, covering a variety of topics on rail operations research and management of rail systems as well as innovation, particularly focusing on sustainability aspects. The material consists of the most recent research work of the authors. The authorship is international, which makes it an interesting read for rail academics and professionals around the world. Although the material has a rail research focus the material is also excellent for preparation and delivery of rail, transport and logistics orientated courses and programmes. The target audience primarily comprises research experts in transport research, but the book may also be beneficial for graduate students alike.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215038579
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book High speed rail written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Transport Committee believes there is a good case for a high speed rail network, linking London and the major cities of the Midlands, the North and Scotland. But the Government must firmly commit to the Y network (to Leeds and Manchester) before seeking parliamentary approval for HS2. If it decides to go ahead with HS2, it should publish a summary of the financial case showing how the project is affordable alongside sustained investment in the classic network. A full assessment of the case for building from north to south should be carried out. The disputed travel time savings should be addressed in an updated economic case. The Committee is concerned that the Government is developing separate strategies for rail and aviation, with HS2 separate from both, and calls again for the publication of a comprehensive transport strategy. The Government should look again at the case for a direct link to Heathrow, and costs and benefits of routing HS2 via Heathrow should be set out more clearly. Better information is needed on: the proposals for London termini and linkages; risk factors of operating 18 trains per hour at 225mph; the location of stations on the Y network; environmental impacts. Claims that HS2 would deliver substantial carbon-reduction benefits do not stand up to scrutiny. The Government should desist from disparaging opponents of high speed rail as NIMBYs. Both sides in the debate should show respect for each other and focus on the facts.

Author : Docherty, Iain
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1847423698
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Traffic jam written by Docherty, Iain and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2008-10-27 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This informed and lively book offers a timely analysis of the UK government's sustainable - or subsequently 'integrated' - transport policy 10 years after the publication of A New Deal for Transport: Better for Everyone. Written by prominent transport experts and with a foreword by Christian Wolmar, the book identifies the modest successes and, sadly, the far more significant failures in government policy over the last decade. The authors also uncover why it has proved so difficult to adopt a more sustainable approach to transport and break Britain's love-affair with the car. The book reviews the links between the idea of sustainability and transport policy, and provides an up-to-the-minute analysis of the political realities surrounding the delivery of a sustainable transport agenda in the UK. It picks up on the principal components of A New Deal for Transport and evaluates to what extent these have, or haven't, been delivered in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The contributors analyse why delivering sustainable transport policies seems to present particular difficulties to ministers across the UK, and considers the UK's experience in an international perspective. The book draws lessons from the last 10 years in order to better inform future policy development. Traffic Jam is an indispensable analysis of the difficulties involved in turning policy ideals into practical reality, and as such will be of interest to scholars, students, planners, policy analysts and policy makers.

Author : Carol Harlow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521197074
Total Pages : 881 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Law and Administration written by Carol Harlow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-08-20 with total page 881 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A contextualised study setting out the foundations of administrative law, with discussion of case law and legislation to show practical application.

Author : Becky P.Y. Loo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317047702
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Railway Futures written by Becky P.Y. Loo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revitalizing railways as a major sustainable transport mode in modern societies faces many issues and challenges. This in-depth overview places the importance of railways in the wider context of comprehensive sustainability, which encompasses sustainable development, social and economic equity and community livability. Some scholars have described the 21st century as a period of renaissance for railways and suggest this transport mode can fulfil people's desire for high mobility with low negative environmental, social, economic and financial impacts. In light of these new expectations for railways, in both passenger and freight transport worldwide, this book offers the latest research insights on the renewed interest about railway expansions and their wide-ranging environmental, socio-economic and even political implications.

Author : Great Britain: National Audit Office
Publisher : Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780102983739
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Progress in the Thameslink programme written by Great Britain: National Audit Office and published by Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-06-05 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department for Transport has done well so far to contain the infrastructure costs for the Thameslink Programme within the original budget. Phase one of the Programme cost £1.704 billion, was completed on time and was £143 million under budget. However, delays of more than three years in agreeing the contract to buy new trains mean that delivering value for money from the Programme as a whole is at greater risk than the National Audit Office would have expected at this stage. There continues to be a robust transport case for the £3.552 billion (at 2006 prices) Programme. Thameslink services have consistently been among the most crowded London routes with passengers amongst the least satisfied with space on trains; and demand is forecast to increase. The Department estimates that the Programme will make net present benefits of £2.9 billion through reduced journey times, reduced overcrowding on trains and quicker interchanges between services. The Department needs to manage a complex interaction between completing the infrastructure project; buying new trains; and letting a new franchise. Delays to any of these projects can delay significantly or complicate delivery of other parts of the Programme. The award of the estimated £1.6 billion contract to buy new trains is currently delayed by over three years and this has implications for the rest of the programme. And until the contract is let it will not be clear whether delivery of the whole Programme by 2018 is still feasible.