Wake up to rail consultation

From THC web page here

At today’s meeting of The Highland Council’s TEC Services Committee, Members had an early opportunity to discuss the Scottish Government consultation on rail services that was announced two days ago.

Although a full response to the 80 page consultation will be considered by the TECS Committee in January, the chairman, Councillor John Laing, welcomed the opportunity today to raise this important issue for the Highlands with members.

He said: “As a section of the consultation directly relates to the current Caledonian Sleeper service which operates to Inverness and Fort William I felt it was important that we give a clear message to Highland communities that we are on the case. Between now and the closing date we will have an in-depth look at all the current Highland rail services and take the time to prepare a very full and well thought out measured response which will aim to protect and enhance the rail services in the Highlands.”

The detailed response to the consultation will be presented to Members on the TECs Committee on 19 January and then forwarded to the Scottish Government before the closing date of the 20 February.

ENDS

From Transport Scotland web page here

Rail 2014 - Public Consultation

Publication Date:

15/11/2011

Publication Summary:

Rail users and stakeholders are being asked to play their part in shaping Scotland's rail services with passenger interests at the heart.

In 2014, both the current contract for rail passenger services (ScotRail) and the funding arrangements for Network Rail in Scotland are due to come to an end and new arrangements have to be in place. This consultation is a crucial part of our considerations.

There will be a number of rail station events throughout the consultation. Promotional postcards are being distributed at the station events throughout the consultation.

ISBN 978 1 908181 13 8 (Web publication only)

This document is also available in pdf format (1.7mb)

Contents

Ministerial Foreword
Executive Summary
1 - Rail in Scotland
2 - Transport policy and structural developments
3 - Procuring rail passenger services
4 - Achieving reliability, performance and service quality
5 - Scottish train services
6 - Scottish rail fares
7 - Scottish stations
8 - Cross-border services
9 - Rolling stock
10 - Passengers - comfort, security, information
11 - Caledonian Sleeper
12 - Environmental issues
The Consultation Process

Annex A - Glossary
Annex B - Useful documents and websites
Annex C - List of organisations being consulted
Annex D - Respondent Information Form and Questions

Further copies of this document are available, on request, in audio and large print formats and in community languages (Urdu; Bengali; Gaelic; Hindi; Punjabi; Cantonese; Arabic; Polish).

Responding to the consultation

The section entitled ‘The consultation process' provides details on how you can respond to the consultation. The Consultation Response Form includes a Respondent Information Form, which must be completed to ensure we handle your response appropriately. Responses and any queries can be sent to Rail2014@transportscotland.gsi.gov.uk. Closing date for responses is 20 February 2012.