Where should decisions lie? The role of the Department for Transport in a modern railway system
The Government is due to set out its vision for the rail industry, including the way that passenger services are delivered. This is an important moment for transport in this country, and requires central government, local government and the private sector to work seamlessly together.
What should the role of the Department for Transport be in managing the railways? Who should be held to account when things go wrong? What is the balance between national and local priorities and decision making?
Panellists included:
Lilian Greenwood MP, Chair of the House of Commons Transport Committee
Baroness Susan Kramer, former Minister of State for Transport
Paul Plummer, Chief Executive of the Rail Delivery Group.
The discussion was chaired by Nick Davies, Programme Director at the Institute for Gove...
published: 09 Jul 2019
Transport Safety Officers
There's #NoExcuse for violence against women and girls on public transport.
To help keep all passengers safe we’re rolling out a Transport Safety Officer scheme.
published: 08 Dec 2023
Step Change
The Government is aiming to positively change its travel by 50% during the Olympics to help manage demand on the capital's transport system. The Department for Transport is at the forefront of this initiative. Operation StepChange is designed to see how well we're prepared for the Games later this year, but it's not just staff that have been trying out new patterns of traveling to work, but ministers too.
Transcript: http://www.dft.gov.uk/publications/step-change/
London 2012: http://www.dft.gov.uk/topics/london-2012/
published: 09 Feb 2012
Department for Transport in The Times Top 50 Employers for Women
We are proud to have been announced as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Women for our commitment to gender equality.
The Department for Transport under Labour: keynote speech by Andy McDonald MP,
published: 21 Mar 2019
Department for Transport good news… (finally!) & Heritage railways under threat | Ep 25
The Department for Transport appoints Scotland’s Railway Managing Director Alex Hynes as its new Director General of the Rail Infrastructure and Service Delivery Group, giving us a ray of hope for the first time, which leads us on to…
Richard spilling the beans on a hitherto unknown exchange that took place during the Rail Review 2004 – and why we must heed the lessons on history.
Auditors question the going concern status of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and we ask whether the sector is slipping into real crisis?
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been at it again with his private jets.
The M25 closes for a weekend… and we ask whether National Highways has done any media training lately!
Richard experiences train tickets and rail fares madness first hand…
And Marylebone station celebra...
published: 21 Mar 2024
Department for Transport (DfT) Well Managed Highway Infrastructure Webinar
Atkins and Department for Transport jointly delivered two recent interactive workshops on Well-managed Highway Infrastructure – a Code of Practice. This webinar was held on Tuesday 23 October 2018.
published: 01 Nov 2018
New Department for Transport
The Transport Portfolio has now moved to the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources.
Please subscribe to the new DEDJTR Channel.
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The Government is due to set out its vision for the rail industry, including the way that passenger services are delivered. This is an important moment for tran...
The Government is due to set out its vision for the rail industry, including the way that passenger services are delivered. This is an important moment for transport in this country, and requires central government, local government and the private sector to work seamlessly together.
What should the role of the Department for Transport be in managing the railways? Who should be held to account when things go wrong? What is the balance between national and local priorities and decision making?
Panellists included:
Lilian Greenwood MP, Chair of the House of Commons Transport Committee
Baroness Susan Kramer, former Minister of State for Transport
Paul Plummer, Chief Executive of the Rail Delivery Group.
The discussion was chaired by Nick Davies, Programme Director at the Institute for Government. There was an opportunity for audience questions.
We would like to thank the Rail Delivery Group for supporting this event.
The Government is due to set out its vision for the rail industry, including the way that passenger services are delivered. This is an important moment for transport in this country, and requires central government, local government and the private sector to work seamlessly together.
What should the role of the Department for Transport be in managing the railways? Who should be held to account when things go wrong? What is the balance between national and local priorities and decision making?
Panellists included:
Lilian Greenwood MP, Chair of the House of Commons Transport Committee
Baroness Susan Kramer, former Minister of State for Transport
Paul Plummer, Chief Executive of the Rail Delivery Group.
The discussion was chaired by Nick Davies, Programme Director at the Institute for Government. There was an opportunity for audience questions.
We would like to thank the Rail Delivery Group for supporting this event.
There's #NoExcuse for violence against women and girls on public transport.
To help keep all passengers safe we’re rolling out a Transport Safety Officer schem...
There's #NoExcuse for violence against women and girls on public transport.
To help keep all passengers safe we’re rolling out a Transport Safety Officer scheme.
There's #NoExcuse for violence against women and girls on public transport.
To help keep all passengers safe we’re rolling out a Transport Safety Officer scheme.
The Government is aiming to positively change its travel by 50% during the Olympics to help manage demand on the capital's transport system. The Department for ...
The Government is aiming to positively change its travel by 50% during the Olympics to help manage demand on the capital's transport system. The Department for Transport is at the forefront of this initiative. Operation StepChange is designed to see how well we're prepared for the Games later this year, but it's not just staff that have been trying out new patterns of traveling to work, but ministers too.
Transcript: http://www.dft.gov.uk/publications/step-change/
London 2012: http://www.dft.gov.uk/topics/london-2012/
The Government is aiming to positively change its travel by 50% during the Olympics to help manage demand on the capital's transport system. The Department for Transport is at the forefront of this initiative. Operation StepChange is designed to see how well we're prepared for the Games later this year, but it's not just staff that have been trying out new patterns of traveling to work, but ministers too.
Transcript: http://www.dft.gov.uk/publications/step-change/
London 2012: http://www.dft.gov.uk/topics/london-2012/
The Department for Transport appoints Scotland’s Railway Managing Director Alex Hynes as its new Director General of the Rail Infrastructure and Service Deliver...
The Department for Transport appoints Scotland’s Railway Managing Director Alex Hynes as its new Director General of the Rail Infrastructure and Service Delivery Group, giving us a ray of hope for the first time, which leads us on to…
Richard spilling the beans on a hitherto unknown exchange that took place during the Rail Review 2004 – and why we must heed the lessons on history.
Auditors question the going concern status of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and we ask whether the sector is slipping into real crisis?
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been at it again with his private jets.
The M25 closes for a weekend… and we ask whether National Highways has done any media training lately!
Richard experiences train tickets and rail fares madness first hand…
And Marylebone station celebrates 125 years. Not bad considering it nearly became a coach park.
On this episode:
00:00 Intro
03:08 Department for Transport appoints Alex Hynes
06:45 Richard’s experience of the Rail Review 2004 and he reveals a story he has never told before
16:43 UK in a Changing Europe Brexit and the State Report about extra civil servants
18:18 Some good news for Green Signals as a Big Interview is confirmed!
19:09 Heritage railways under threat
35:50 Rishi Sunak is at it again with his private jets
37:54 M25 closes for a weekend
39:30 Oddities of the train tickets and rail fares system
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Credits:
Presenters - Nigel Harris (@railnigel on X) & Richard Bowker CBE (@SRichardBowker). General Manager: Stef Foster (@stefatrail)
The Department for Transport appoints Scotland’s Railway Managing Director Alex Hynes as its new Director General of the Rail Infrastructure and Service Delivery Group, giving us a ray of hope for the first time, which leads us on to…
Richard spilling the beans on a hitherto unknown exchange that took place during the Rail Review 2004 – and why we must heed the lessons on history.
Auditors question the going concern status of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and we ask whether the sector is slipping into real crisis?
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been at it again with his private jets.
The M25 closes for a weekend… and we ask whether National Highways has done any media training lately!
Richard experiences train tickets and rail fares madness first hand…
And Marylebone station celebrates 125 years. Not bad considering it nearly became a coach park.
On this episode:
00:00 Intro
03:08 Department for Transport appoints Alex Hynes
06:45 Richard’s experience of the Rail Review 2004 and he reveals a story he has never told before
16:43 UK in a Changing Europe Brexit and the State Report about extra civil servants
18:18 Some good news for Green Signals as a Big Interview is confirmed!
19:09 Heritage railways under threat
35:50 Rishi Sunak is at it again with his private jets
37:54 M25 closes for a weekend
39:30 Oddities of the train tickets and rail fares system
Subscribe: If you liked this video, please give it a thumbs up. Better still, hit that subscribe button and turn on notifications. It supports the channel and means you'll be notified whenever we publish something new.
Green Signals:
Website - http://www.greensignals.org
Newsletter - http://www.greensignals.org/#mailing-list
Follow:
X (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/greensignallers
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/green-signals-productions-ltd
Instagram - https://instagram.com/greensignallers
Credits:
Presenters - Nigel Harris (@railnigel on X) & Richard Bowker CBE (@SRichardBowker). General Manager: Stef Foster (@stefatrail)
Atkins and Department for Transport jointly delivered two recent interactive workshops on Well-managed Highway Infrastructure – a Code of Practice. This webinar...
Atkins and Department for Transport jointly delivered two recent interactive workshops on Well-managed Highway Infrastructure – a Code of Practice. This webinar was held on Tuesday 23 October 2018.
Atkins and Department for Transport jointly delivered two recent interactive workshops on Well-managed Highway Infrastructure – a Code of Practice. This webinar was held on Tuesday 23 October 2018.
The Transport Portfolio has now moved to the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources.
Please subscribe to the new DEDJTR Channel.
Th...
The Transport Portfolio has now moved to the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources.
Please subscribe to the new DEDJTR Channel.
This channel will continue to host videos produced for the Regional Rail Link Project.
The Transport Portfolio has now moved to the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources.
Please subscribe to the new DEDJTR Channel.
This channel will continue to host videos produced for the Regional Rail Link Project.
The Government is due to set out its vision for the rail industry, including the way that passenger services are delivered. This is an important moment for transport in this country, and requires central government, local government and the private sector to work seamlessly together.
What should the role of the Department for Transport be in managing the railways? Who should be held to account when things go wrong? What is the balance between national and local priorities and decision making?
Panellists included:
Lilian Greenwood MP, Chair of the House of Commons Transport Committee
Baroness Susan Kramer, former Minister of State for Transport
Paul Plummer, Chief Executive of the Rail Delivery Group.
The discussion was chaired by Nick Davies, Programme Director at the Institute for Government. There was an opportunity for audience questions.
We would like to thank the Rail Delivery Group for supporting this event.
There's #NoExcuse for violence against women and girls on public transport.
To help keep all passengers safe we’re rolling out a Transport Safety Officer scheme.
The Government is aiming to positively change its travel by 50% during the Olympics to help manage demand on the capital's transport system. The Department for Transport is at the forefront of this initiative. Operation StepChange is designed to see how well we're prepared for the Games later this year, but it's not just staff that have been trying out new patterns of traveling to work, but ministers too.
Transcript: http://www.dft.gov.uk/publications/step-change/
London 2012: http://www.dft.gov.uk/topics/london-2012/
The Department for Transport appoints Scotland’s Railway Managing Director Alex Hynes as its new Director General of the Rail Infrastructure and Service Delivery Group, giving us a ray of hope for the first time, which leads us on to…
Richard spilling the beans on a hitherto unknown exchange that took place during the Rail Review 2004 – and why we must heed the lessons on history.
Auditors question the going concern status of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway and we ask whether the sector is slipping into real crisis?
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been at it again with his private jets.
The M25 closes for a weekend… and we ask whether National Highways has done any media training lately!
Richard experiences train tickets and rail fares madness first hand…
And Marylebone station celebrates 125 years. Not bad considering it nearly became a coach park.
On this episode:
00:00 Intro
03:08 Department for Transport appoints Alex Hynes
06:45 Richard’s experience of the Rail Review 2004 and he reveals a story he has never told before
16:43 UK in a Changing Europe Brexit and the State Report about extra civil servants
18:18 Some good news for Green Signals as a Big Interview is confirmed!
19:09 Heritage railways under threat
35:50 Rishi Sunak is at it again with his private jets
37:54 M25 closes for a weekend
39:30 Oddities of the train tickets and rail fares system
Subscribe: If you liked this video, please give it a thumbs up. Better still, hit that subscribe button and turn on notifications. It supports the channel and means you'll be notified whenever we publish something new.
Green Signals:
Website - http://www.greensignals.org
Newsletter - http://www.greensignals.org/#mailing-list
Follow:
X (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/greensignallers
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/green-signals-productions-ltd
Instagram - https://instagram.com/greensignallers
Credits:
Presenters - Nigel Harris (@railnigel on X) & Richard Bowker CBE (@SRichardBowker). General Manager: Stef Foster (@stefatrail)
Atkins and Department for Transport jointly delivered two recent interactive workshops on Well-managed Highway Infrastructure – a Code of Practice. This webinar was held on Tuesday 23 October 2018.
The Transport Portfolio has now moved to the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources.
Please subscribe to the new DEDJTR Channel.
This channel will continue to host videos produced for the Regional Rail Link Project.
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