Regional costs must be cut

摘要

Throughout the 15-month Rail Value for Money Study lead by Sir Roy McNulty, he has assured those who predicted another Beeching or Serpell report advocating the closure of secondary lines that his terms of reference included 'no line closures'.The aim of the study was 'to identify options for improving value for money to passengers and taxpayers while continuing to expand capacity as necessary'. Only if this Plan A 'failed to deliver the improvements which the study judges to be both necessary and possible would consideration conceivably have to be given to a Plan B - a smaller railway'.