border
The Railways Archive 1608 documents listed
1537 documents published
Last updated 04 Oct 2008
Opening up Britain's railway history
border
    | Narrow Search | Documents | Accidents | Browse | Favourites | Preferences | Monday, 6th October 2008 : 13:38 GMT  
  On This Day in History - 1829: The Rainhill Trials are held over a distance of 2.5 miles; 'Rocket', built by George and Robert Stephenson wins |
border
The Rocket, Brunel, BR Roundel, Pendelino
 :: About the Archive vertical rule
 :: Latest Additions vertical rule
 :: FAQ vertical rule
 :: Contact Us vertical rule
 :: Join our Mailing List vertical rule
 :: Contributing to the Archive vertical rule
 :: Most Wanted vertical rule
 :: RSS Feed vertical rule
 :: A Brief Railway History vertical rule
 :: Specialist Libraries [new!] vertical rule
 :: Research Tools vertical rule
 :: Books vertical rule
 :: Genealogy vertical rule
 :: Links vertical rule
 :: Credits vertical rule
 :: Get Adobe Reader® vertical rule
 
Current vote:
Can Network Rail deliver CP4 outputs with £26bn as ORR claims, or should it receive its £29bn claim?

£26bn
£29bn

or just view the results...
 
spacer
Current Votehorizontal rule

vertical barspacerCan Network Rail deliver CP4 outputs with £26bn as ORR claims, or should it receive its £29bn claim? 76 votes cast:

£26bn £26bn: 24 percent

£29bn £29bn: 76 percent

horizontal rule

 
Previous Vote Results
horizontal rule

 

vertical bar spacer Should West Coast use extra possessions and hit the December timetable change, or extend the project to May 2009? 283 votes cast:

Hit Dec 2008 Hit Dec 2008: 55 percent

Extend to 2009 Extend to 2009: 45 percent

horizontal rule

 

vertical bar spacer Are Network Rail sufficiently accountable to passengers, freight customers and taxpayers? 446 votes cast:

Yes Yes: 25 percent

No No: 75 percent

horizontal rule

 

vertical bar spacer Should the £16bn Crossrail scheme terminate at Maidenhead, or should it be extended to Reading at extra cost? 558 votes cast:

Maidenhead Maidenhead: 8 percent

Reading Reading: 92 percent

horizontal rule

 

vertical bar spacer If the tube renewals contracts run into trouble, should the work return to LUL or be renegotiated? 365 votes cast:

Return to LUL Return to LUL: 82 percent

Renegotiate Renegotiate: 18 percent

horizontal rule

 

vertical bar spacer Should the Grayrigg accident be the subject of a full judicial inquiry to satisfy public demand, or will RAIB's formal investigation and findings be sufficient? 296 votes cast:

Judicial inquiry Judicial inquiry: 23 percent

RAIB investigation RAIB investigation: 77 percent

horizontal rule

 

vertical bar spacer Is GNER's early termination of their franchise a one-off, or will other franchises' premiums force them to quit early? 283 votes cast:

One-off One-off: 17 percent

More will quit More will quit: 83 percent

horizontal rule

 

vertical bar spacer Has the London Underground improved since the advent of the Public Private Partnership? 247 votes cast:

Yes Yes: 25 percent

No No: 75 percent

horizontal rule

 

vertical bar spacer Should open access operators be encouraged to compete for revenue, or should the encumbent TOC have its revenue stream protected? 204 votes cast:

Open access Open access: 57 percent

Protect revenue Protect revenue: 43 percent

horizontal rule

 

vertical bar spacer Should HST2 be specified as diesel only, or should an electric version also be procured? 199 votes cast:

Diesel only Diesel only: 26 percent

Electric too Electric too: 74 percent

horizontal rule

 

vertical bar spacer Are expensive tram systems the solution to relieve urban congestion, or will people leave their cars for cheap, regular buses? 68 votes cast:

Trams Trams: 90 percent

Buses Buses: 10 percent

horizontal rule

 

vertical bar spacer Should Transport Scotland only fund rail links within Scotland, or should it contribute to a new north-south high speed link? 88 votes cast:

Stay in Scotland Stay in Scotland: 20 percent

Help with HSL Help with HSL: 80 percent

horizontal rule

 

vertical bar spacer Is the process of refranchising fair and transparent, and does it result in a better railway? 81 votes cast:

Yes Yes: 21 percent

No No: 79 percent

horizontal rule

 

vertical bar spacer Should the railways attempt to reduce the risk of terrorist attack by adopting screening and search measures, or are the inconvenience, delays and reduced revenue too high a price? 66 votes cast:

Reduce the risk Reduce the risk: 29 percent

Too high a price Too high a price: 71 percent

horizontal rule

 

vertical bar spacer Should the railway now seek to add capacity and plan for growth, or should it continue to concentrate on improving performance and value for money? 52 votes cast:

Plan for growth Plan for growth: 88 percent

Improve performance Improve performance: 12 percent

horizontal rule

 

vertical bar spacer How should the government define the railway's outputs in return for public subsidy: in terms of high level outputs (service frequency, first & last trains etc), or by means of detailed timetabling which the railway must operate to? 35 votes cast:

High level outputs High level outputs: 80 percent

Detailed timetables Detailed timetables: 20 percent

horizontal rule

 

vertical bar spacer In light of the Gerrard's Cross tunnel collapse, should the railway allow others to build over operational railway as a means of generating additional income, or is the risk of damage to the core business of running railways too great? 65 votes cast:

Keep building Keep building: 37 percent

Too risky Too risky: 63 percent

horizontal rule

 

vertical bar spacer Should the railway pursue a policy of electrification schemes to reduce its dependency on oil and maximise whole life costs, or maximise its scarce short-term resources by procuring more diesel traction? 55 votes cast:

More electrification More electrification: 89 percent

More diesels More diesels: 11 percent

horizontal rule

 

vertical bar spacer How can accident investigations best serve the public: by seeking to punish failures by means of manslaughter convictions, or by determining root cause via confidential blame-free evidence-taking? 53 votes cast:

Punish failure Punish failure: 4 percent

Seek causes Seek causes: 96 percent

horizontal rule

 

vertical bar spacer Should the railways receive targeted subsidy to assist with congestion reduction? 30 votes cast:

Yes Yes: 93 percent

No No: 7 percent

horizontal rule

 

vertical bar spacer Will the proposed restructuring as laid out in the white paper be good for the railways? 62 votes cast:

Yes Yes: 37 percent

No No: 63 percent

horizontal rule

 

 
horizontal rule
spacer
 

Report by Major J. W. Pringle, R.E., on the Fatal Collision that occurred on the 2nd September, 1913, between two Passenger Trains near Ais Gill, on the Midland Railway
 

horizontal rule
 
spacer horizontal rule
Just Arrived
horizontal rule
 
Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Instow on 4th January 1859
----- ~ -----  
Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Lisadian Bridge on 25th January 1859
----- ~ -----  
Accident Returns: Extract for the Accident at Ormskirk on 10th March 1859
----- ~ -----

More new items...
horizontal rule
 
spacer horizontal rule
Latest Rail News
from BBC News
horizontal rule
 
horizontal rule

added 08:45 on 06 Oct:
Holiday home blaze blocks trains
An investigation is under way into a fire at a holiday home which disrupted trains between Exeter an...>>>

----- ~ -----
added 17:15 on 05 Oct:
Belgium strike to halt Eurostar
Unions in Belgium prepare for a 24-hour general strike expected to paralyse the country's national a...>>>

----- ~ -----
added 09:30 on 03 Oct:
Network Rail boss stepping down
The chairman of rail maintenance firm Network Rail (NR) will not stand for re-election, he announces...>>>

----- ~ -----
News Archive

spacer
   
horizontal rule
Back to top
border
 | Accessibility | Copyright | Privacy | Terms & Conditions |
© 2004 - 2008 railwaysarchive.co.uk some rights reserved 
border