Consultation outcome

Rail passenger services in London and the south east: a new approach

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 21 January 2016

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

Responses to this consultation fed into TfL’s plans for developing London’s suburban rail network.

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Original consultation

Summary

Seeks views on proposals for a new working partnership for specifying and managing rail services in London and the south east.

This consultation ran from
9:30am on 21 January 2016 to 11:45pm on 18 March 2016

Consultation description

This prospectus contains a number of proposals for improving rail passenger services in London and the south east.

It is proposed that a new working partnership is formed to provide strategic direction for the specification and management of rail services. The partnership would consist of:

• Department for Transport
• Transport for London

It will work closely with local authorities, local enterprise partnerships and other local and regional bodies. This partnership has been proposed to provide:

• more frequent rail services
• better rail interchanges
• increased rail capacity
• greater reliability of rail services
• high standards of customer service

Transport Secretary and Mayor set out vision for rail travel across London and the south east press notice, 21 January 2016.

Published 21 January 2016