Rail passengers face another difficult year, warn MPs

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[grahame]

From the BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47376537

Rail passengers face another difficult year, warn MPs^▸ (Member of Parliament)

Rail passengers face "another difficult year" with more major timetable changes and engineering works, MPs warn.
Government management must improve "considerably" ahead of the changes, a Public Accounts Committee report found.

It said passengers suffered "significant financial and emotional costs" during problems last year and they risk "continuing to pay the price" for strategic failures.

The government said a "root-and-branch" review of the railways was under way.

But the PAC said the Department for Transport still had "a way to go" before Network Rail - which manages tracks and other infrastructure - and train operators work together in a way that minimises disruption during infrastructure projects.

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I would suspect that the MPs are confirming much of what we already know ... at least in the Coffee Shop! 

[TonyK]

From the BBC^» (British Broadcasting Corporation - home page) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47376537

Rail passengers face another difficult year, warn MPs^▸ (Member of Parliament)

Rail passengers face "another difficult year" with more major timetable changes and engineering works, MPs warn.
Government management must improve "considerably" ahead of the changes, a Public Accounts Committee report found.

It said passengers suffered "significant financial and emotional costs" during problems last year and they risk "continuing to pay the price" for strategic failures.

The government said a "root-and-branch" review of the railways was under way.

But the PAC said the Department for Transport still had "a way to go" before Network Rail - which manages tracks and other infrastructure - and train operators work together in a way that minimises disruption during infrastructure projects.

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I would suspect that the MPs are confirming much of what we already know ... at least in the Coffee Shop! 

Very true! The past few years have seen massive changes in infrastructure, but still with much to be done. It isn't ever going to be easy changing a railway at the same time as running it, but let's hope the PAC is just preparing us for the worst to make it look good when it doesn't happen.