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This is a critical time for Britain’s rail industry and it needs to demonstrate – to passengers, freight customers and taxpayers – that it is up to meeting the challenges and grasping the opportunities it faces.

• On many measures – including performance and safety – our railways have never been more successful
• They are carrying more passengers than ever before, with passenger demand forecast to continue to grow
• But this success has come at a high cost to passengers and taxpayers – with industry costs up to 30 per cent higher than other European railways
• In order to justify continuing public investment the industry needs to deliver a step change in efficiency and provide better value for money

Sir Roy McNulty’s recent report calls for £1 billion of savings from the sector, with a significant improvement in Network Rail’s efficiency.

It is therefore vital to have a wide-ranging debate to understand what we want from our railways and to enable informed choices as to how this can be best achieved with the money available.

How you can get involved:

Track access charges workshop
We will be holding a half-day workshop on track access charges: cap on variable usage charge and freight-specific charge on Friday 18 May.

Incentives workshop
We held a workshop on 9 January 2012 to discuss issues raised in our incentives consultation.

Stakeholder events
As part of the consultation process, we completed a series of workshops in Cardiff, Edinburgh, London and Manchester in July 2011. Notes, presentations, agendas and attendees to these events are available.

We are also willing to meet with and run workshops for interested stakeholders.