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The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) has commented on the publication of Nicola Shaw's report on the future shape and financing of Network Rail.
Paul Plummer, RDG chief executive, said:
“The review acknowledges the importance of continuing to create a bigger, better railway for Britain. Our biggest challenge is to plan and build for the ever growing demand for rail, increasing capacity and modernising to provide more and better services which meet the needs of passengers, freight customers and the economy.
"Across the rail industry there is broad agreement about the need to improve local transparency, with empowered route businesses accountable to passenger and freight service operators to provide a much clearer relationship to rail users. We are keen to help maintain momentum of change started in Network Rail.
"Everyone – governments, the rail industry and its partners – must therefore agree a clear plan that we can all align behind as quickly as possible, to avoid unnecessary uncertainty.
“The Department for Transport and Network Rail have been asked to develop an action plan and the RDG has a key role to play in helping to develop these plans so that they are fully joined-up, empower all parts of the railway and can be supported by the whole rail industry.”
