Roger Ford - Informed Sources
In the November Informed Sources - ON SALE 24th October
In the November Informed Sources Roger Ford publishes exclusive details of Network Rails business case for the Great Western Main Line electrification and outlines how costs will be brought down and the rate of installation speeded up with new High Output Electrification Trains able to install 1.5 single track kilometres in an 8 hour possession.
With the Office of Rail Regulation publishing its Final Determination of Netrwork Rail's income for the next five years on 30 October Roger has been busy with the spreadsheet. The result is an analysis which indicates that the railway is costing more than it ought, when compared with British Rail 20 years ago.
For those interested in traction and rolling stock Captain Deltic provides some insight into Freightliner's new Class 68 freight diesel locomotive. There's also an update on the 1300 additional vehicles in the Government's High Level Output Specification. And the hot news is that double counting and some miss-keying in the table mean the total is really 1156!
Finally did anyone think DfT Rail would take the Competition Commission's rejection of their claim that the ROSCOs were overcharging lying down? They're back, and this time they're looking to cap lease rentals on new trains as well!
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