Rail Memorandum of Understanding

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the West of England authorities, Network Rail, First Great Western, CrossCountry and South West Trains was signed at the Joint Transport Executive Committee on 2 July 2010


	Signing the Memorandum of Understanding between the West of England councils and the rail industry

Its purpose is to promote effective co-ordination and co-operation between the organisations. It includes consultation on timetable changes, investment and planning decisions, input into the Joint Local Transport Plan 3 and co-ordinating data collection.In order to develop the MoU and define a set of deliverable outcomes, an Action Plan has been drawn up. Following discussions with the rail industry, the action plan is based around the short term (2009 – 2014: Network Rail Control Period 4), the medium term (2014 – 2019: Network Rail Control Period 5) and the long term (2019 onwards: Network Rail Control Period 6+) and is focused on evidence, impacts, options, milestones and outcomes.

The Action Plan includes joint processes for:

Influencing Government policies on rail spending and priorities
Informing, contributing and influencing the next rail franchises
Greater understanding of and input into timetable changes
Making the business case for new rolling stock for West of England Services
Supporting the electrification proposals and opportunities for infilling gaps and providing a suburban electric train network
Developing a Greater Bristol Rail Plan and a clear, realistic and deliverable vision for rail in the long term.

Progress on the Rail Memorandum of Understanding Action Plan was reported to the 4 March 2011 Joint Transport Executive Committee

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