National Rail Policy Draft White Paper

The Department of Transport has published the National Rail Policy Draft White Paper.  "The National Rail Policy intends is to place rail on a sound footing to collaborate with and compete against the other transport modes to position it to serve as national land transport backbone by 2050. The remedial interventions will be two-pronged, infrastructure investment interventions to enhance rail's inherent competitiveness, and enabling interventions to adjust institutional arrangements to ensure that rail functions effectively in delivering its share of the national transport task."

"The National Rail Policy sets out to unshackle the rail sector from the constraints of its heritage and let it develop on the strength of challenges that it can address better than other transport modes."