The future of the Wales and Borders Rail Franchise
The
Enterprise and Business Committee
undertook an inquiry into the future of the Wales and Borders Rail Franchise.
The
terms of reference for the inquiry were:
- What lessons can be learnt from the current franchise?
- What priorities can be identified to ensure that rail passenger
services in Wales and the borders provide the best possible service for
passengers from 2018?
- How can service delivery after 2018 deliver connectivity and value
for money for passengers while reducing the burden on the tax payer?
Key issues
Issues
that the Committee considered as part of these terms of reference included:
- Whether the current franchise meets passenger needs and what lessons
should be learnt from it;
- How passengers should be involved in the franchise development and
delivery;
- How communities and local government / Regional Transport Consortia
should be involved. Could they be involved in specifying the franchise or
perhaps even in delivering services?
- The management model to be adopted, including the Welsh Government’s
proposal for a not-for-dividend franchise;
- How the franchise specification should improve the passenger
experience, including issues such as franchise length, targets /
incentives and the core service standards which should be included;
- The routes, particularly cross-border routes, which should be
included;
- The rolling stock needed for the new franchise. What factors need to
be considered and how this should be procured? Will new rolling stock be
required?
- Whether additional lines, enhancements to existing lines, new
stations or other infrastructure are needed; and
- Whether the franchise can support an enhanced
relationship between Network Rail and the franchise operator and the
benefits this might bring.
Business type: Committee Inquiry
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: Complete
First published: 30/07/2013
Documents
- Report - December 2013 PDF 811 KB
- * Welsh Government response - 12 February 2014 (PDF 145KB)
- WBF1 - Sam Wakeling PDF 98 KB
- WBF2 - Medwyn Roberts PDF 97 KB
- WBF3 - Alan Jones PDF 27 KB
- WBF4 - John Hobbs PDF 22 KB
- WBF5 - Joy Hamer PDF 18 KB
- WBF6 - David Austerberry PDF 22 KB
- WBF7 - Kay Edwards PDF 24 KB
- WBF8 - Railfuture Cymru PDF 151 KB
- WBF9 - Capital Traffic Management Limited PDF 490 KB
- WBF10 - Phil Inskip PDF 121 KB
- WBF11 - Matthew James Dorrance PDF 25 KB
- WBF12 - Brecon Town Council PDF 312 KB View as HTML (14) 12 KB
- WBF13 - Severn Tunnel Junction Rail Action Group (STAG) PDF 130 KB View as HTML (15) 24 KB
- WBF14 - Mr Mick Green PDF 102 KB View as HTML (16) 7 KB
- WBF15 - Miss Roz Trueman PDF 114 KB View as HTML (17) 5 KB
- WBF16 - SWWITCH (South West Wales Integrated Transport Consortium) PDF 923 KB
- WBF17 - Mike Joseph PDF 328 KB View as HTML (19) 28 KB
- WBF18 - Adrian Morgan PDF 24 KB View as HTML (20) 5 KB
- WBF19 - North Cheshire Rail Users’ Group (NCRUG) PDF 2 MB
- WBF20 - Margaret Smallbone PDF 25 KB View as HTML (22) 5 KB
- WBF21 - Prof Andrew Prescott PDF 105 KB View as HTML (23) 8 KB
- WBF22 - Peter Cuthbert PDF 42 KB View as HTML (24) 13 KB
- WBF23 - Siôn Meredith PDF 29 KB View as HTML (25) 6 KB
- WBF24 - Porterbrook Leasing PDF 809 KB
- WBF25 - Forest of Dean District Council PDF 270 KB View as HTML (27) 13 KB
- WBF26 - Anne Marie Carty PDF 27 KB View as HTML (28) 7 KB
- WBF27 - Roy Hancock PDF 27 KB View as HTML (29) 6 KB
- WBF28 - Gloucestershire County Council PDF 820 KB
- WBF29 - Rail for Herefordshire PDF 189 KB View as HTML (31) 25 KB
- WBF30 - Magor Action Group on Rail PDF 327 KB View as HTML (32) 25 KB
- WBF31 - James Bird PDF 29 KB View as HTML (33) 8 KB
- WBF32 - Owen Godfrey PDF 34 KB View as HTML (34) 9 KB
- WBF33 - Mary Wright PDF 27 KB View as HTML (35) 7 KB
- WBF34 - Oakdale Links PDF 138 KB View as HTML (36) 11 KB
- WBF35 - Rob Phillips PDF 132 KB View as HTML (37) 23 KB
- WBF36 - Nathan Hazlehurst PDF 84 KB View as HTML (38) 10 KB
- WBF37 - William Bamford PDF 25 KB View as HTML (39) 5 KB
- WBF38 - Brian Thomas PDF 27 KB View as HTML (40) 9 KB
- WBF39 - Andrew Tindall PDF 539 KB
- WBF40 - Heart of Wales Line Forum PDF 166 KB View as HTML (42) 47 KB
- WBF41 - Catherine Macduff PDF 26 KB View as HTML (43) 7 KB
- WBF42 - Mark Lee PDF 165 KB View as HTML (44) 17 KB
- WBF43 - James Macduff PDF 26 KB View as HTML (45) 7 KB
- WBF44 - Public Transport Users’ Committee for Wales (PTUC) PDF 221 KB View as HTML (46) 49 KB
- WBF45 - Gareth Calan Davies PDF 95 KB View as HTML (47) 10 KB
- WBF46 - Cllr Alan Preest PDF 28 KB View as HTML (48) 6 KB
- WBF47 - Wren Rose PDF 31 KB View as HTML (49) 8 KB
- WBF48 - Cheshire West & Chester Council PDF 670 KB
- WBF49 - TJ Wheeler PDF 1 MB
- WBF50 - Mike Parker PDF 254 KB View as HTML (52) 12 KB
- WBF51 - North Pembrokeshire Transport Forum PDF 123 KB View as HTML (53) 47 KB
- WBF52 - Harvey White PDF 194 KB View as HTML (54) 4 KB
- WBF53 - Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth Rail Passengers' Association (SARPA) PDF 81 KB View as HTML (55) 31 KB
- WBF54 - Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK) Cymru Wales PDF 244 KB View as HTML (56) 26 KB
- WBF55 - Office of Rail Regulation PDF 498 KB
- WBF56 - Lydney Neighbourhood Development Plan Community Steering Group PDF 354 KB View as HTML (58) 18 KB
- WBF57 - ASLEF PDF 186 KB View as HTML (59) 19 KB
- WBF58 - Chester -Shrewsbury Rail Partnership PDF 685 KB
- WBF59 - West of England PDF 343 KB View as HTML (61) 18 KB
- WBF60 - Federation of Small Businesses PDF 615 KB
- WBF61 - Bernard Allan PDF 543 KB View as HTML (63) 28 KB
- WBF62 - Stuart Cole PDF 573 KB View as HTML (64) 117 KB
- WBF63 - Lorraine Hill PDF 24 KB View as HTML (65) 6 KB
- WBF64 - Sewta (South East Wales Transport Alliance) PDF 1 MB
- WBF65 - Arriva Trains Wales PDF 966 KB View as HTML (67) 79 KB
- WBF66 - Powys County Council PDF 214 KB View as HTML (68) 42 KB
- WBF67 - TraCC PDF 139 KB View as HTML (69) 21 KB
- WBF68 - ATOC ( Association of Train Operating Companies) PDF 411 KB View as HTML (70) 41 KB
- WBF69 - Sustrans Cymru PDF 229 KB View as HTML (71) 37 KB
- WBF70 - Prof Lorna Hughes PDF 40 KB View as HTML (72) 19 KB
- WBF71 - Dr S C Martin PDF 27 KB View as HTML (73) 7 KB
- WBF72 - David Mawdsley PDF 75 KB View as HTML (74) 70 KB
- WBF73 - Taith (Transport Consortium for North Wales PDF 989 KB
- WBF74 - Shirley Haslam PDF 708 KB
- WBF75 - Alan Rees PDF 845 KB
- WBF76 - Carol & Robert Handcock PDF 800 KB
- WBF77 - Barrie Jacob PDF 1 MB
- WBF78 - Mrs C Williams PDF 851 KB
- WBF79 - Jeremy Perkins PDF 1 MB
- WBF80 - Dr Chester White PDF 900 KB
- WBF81 - Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) PDF 169 KB View as HTML (83) 28 KB
- WBF82 - CBI PDF 1 MB
- WBF83 - Passenger Focus PDF 417 KB View as HTML (85) 153 KB
- WBF84 - Conwy Valley Rail Partnership PDF 29 KB View as HTML (86) 7 KB
- WBF85 - Association of Community Rail Partnerships PDF 254 KB View as HTML (87) 26 KB
- WBF86 - Railfuture Wales – South Wales Branch PDF 146 KB View as HTML (88) 15 KB
- WBF87 - Maesteg line rail users PDF 132 KB View as HTML (89) 17 KB
- WBF88 - YHA Cymru / Wales PDF 213 KB View as HTML (90) 15 KB
- WBF89 - Shrewsbury-Chester Rail Users’ Association (SCRURA) PDF 59 KB View as HTML (91) 11 KB
- WBF90 - Angel Trains PDF 174 KB View as HTML (92) 34 KB
- WBF91 - Bob Hargreaves PDF 74 KB View as HTML (93) 12 KB
- WBF92 - Prof Chris Nash and Dr Andrew Smith, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds PDF 222 KB View as HTML (94) 19 KB
- WBF93 - Network Rail PDF 264 KB
- WBF94 - Anglesey Central Railway Ltd PDF 29 KB View as HTML (96) 9 KB
- WBF95 - Welsh Government PDF 144 KB View as HTML (97) 19 KB
- WBF96 - RAGES (Rail Action Group East of Scotland) PDF 30 KB View as HTML (98) 7 KB
Consultations