Transport Committee inquiry on Rail infrastructure investment

4.45pm, Monday 12 March 2018, Wilson Room, Portcullis House

The Transport Committee continues its look at the current system of control periods and periodic reviews for investment in rail infrastructure. The steps taken to address CP5, potential advantages and pitfalls of removing enhancements from the process, Network Rail’s ‘Transformation Plan’ and the implications for the regulation of the sector will be discussed by the RMT union, experts and commentators.

• Inquiry: Rail infrastructure investment
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• Transport Committee

Witnesses:

At 4.45pm

• Nigel Harris, Managing Editor, Rail Magazine
• Mick Lynch, Assistant General Secretary, National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers
• Tammy Samuel, Partner, Stephenson Harwood
• Professor Andrew Smith, Professor of Transport Performance and Economics, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds