Policy paper

Draft Rail Reform Bill

The draft Rail Reform Bill contains the primary legislative measures, which form a key part of delivering rail reform in Great Britain.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 20 February 2024

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Documents

Draft Rail Reform Bill

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Draft Rail Reform Bill: explanatory notes

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Draft Rail Reform Bill: impact assessment

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Draft Rail Reform Bill: delegated powers memorandum

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Details

The draft Rail Reform Bill brings together the primary legislative measures, which form a key part of delivering rail reform envisaged by the Plan for Rail. These measures and policy intent were publicly consulted on in June 2022 in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail: legislative changes to implement rail reform.

Given the scale and complexity of the changes being made to the sector, the draft bill will undergo pre-legislative scrutiny to provide parliamentarians and experts across industry the opportunity to review and test the legislation in draft.

Published 20 February 2024