Govia Thameslink/Rail Electrification Debate
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Bob Stewart
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Govia Thameslink/Rail Electrification
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Joseph Johnson
We have a lot to learn as an industry from what went wrong, which is why the Secretary of State has set up the Glaister review, an independent review chaired by the Office of Rail and Road. It is important that we learn all the lessons from what happened in the run-up to May to ensure that mistakes are not made again in December and May 2019.
Bob Stewart (Beckenham) (Con)
The Government’s strategy is to combine track and train. How does the Minister think this will improve the lot of passengers?
Joseph Johnson
My hon. Friend refers to the Secretary of State’s strategic vision for rail, published last November, which seeks more integration between train operating companies and Network Rail to ensure less buck passing and less of the blame game in the future. A foretaste of how that will work can be seen in the new west coast partnership and the east coast partnership publications.