Lots of little bits, most of them not new:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443232/50325_Summer_Budget_15_Web_Accessible.pdf Notable mentions:
1.327 The government is upgrading domestic rail services to bring Ramsgate
within an hour of London. The Department for Transport has asked the rail
industry to include extending High Speed 1 services to Hastings and Rye in
the forthcoming Kent Route Study. The outputs from this study will be
presented to the government for consideration in 2016, with a view to this
work being an option for funding after 2019.
1.328 The government will extend the scope of the Lewes-Uckfield study to
look at improving rail links between London and the south coast, including
upgrades to existing routes, consideration of the Brighton Main Line
corridor, and re-examination of the
DfT» ^s feasibility study on BML2.
2.191 Network Rail: devolving power to route managers ^ The government has
asked Sir Peter Hendy and Mark Carne, Chief Executive of Network Rail, to
continue with the work started in Network Rail to devolve more power to
route managers closer to the front line, so that the railways are more
focused on delivering what passengers need and to drive comparative
benchmarking of the efficiency and effectiveness of individual routes ^ to
drive up performance across the network.
2.192 Network Rail: funding flows ^ The government will change the way it
channels public money through the industry, directing it through the train
operating companies, so that Network Rail focuses firmly on the needs of
train operators and, through them, passengers. This will put the customers
of the railway back in the driving seat in demanding efficiency and
improvements that matter to them, making the best use of scarce capacity on
the rail network.
2.193 Network Rail: land and property ^ The government will establish a
dedicated body to focus on pursuing opportunities to realise value from
public land and property assets in the rail network to both maximise the
benefit to local communities and reduce the burden of public debt
New Stations Fund: The government will run a further round of the New
Stations Fund with up to ^20 million in total available for projects, and
consider proposals including any put forward for a new station between
Castle Cary and Taunton. The extended round of the New Stations Fund will
also be used to support a local bid for stations on the Robin Hood Line to
Edwinstowe and Ollerton, subject to a business case.
HS1▸ to Hastings: The rail industry has been asked to explore options for extending HS1 services to Hastings and Rye in the forthcoming Kent Route Study, for presentation to Ministers in 2016
