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Updates on the programme to transfer rail services into public ownership and establish GBR as the body responsible for passenger services and infrastructure.
The Regulations place a duty on railway industry bodies (infrastructure managers, railway operators, or maintainers), involved in an accident or incident, to notify us.
These are the plan and profile maps for Phase One of HS2 between London and the West Midlands.
Explains what the railway byelaws are, why they have been made and how they can be enforced and interpreted.
How drivers, transport staff and bridge owners can prevent vehicles from hitting bridges and what to do if a bridge strike happens.
National Technical Specifications Notices (NTSNs) relating to control, command and signalling (CCS).
The likely significant effects of HS2 on the environment within the 26 community forum areas along the Phase One route.
These are the plan and profile maps for Phase 2a of HS2 between the West Midlands to Crewe, updated following completion of the House of Commons Select Committee process in 2019.
National Technical Specifications Notices (NTSNs) relating to accessibility (ACC), formerly known as persons with reduced mobility (PRM).
How the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) expects its market study to take place, and how you can engage with it.
These plan and profile maps show the route between Crewe and Manchester as deposited in 2022.
Contract documents for passenger railway services in England and details of how to request contract information.
Bringing people to the forefront of the Department for Transport's policies to ensure transport systems work for everyone.
The standards that vehicle operators need to meet to join the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) earned recognition scheme.
National Technical Specifications Notices (NTSNs) relating to rolling stock – locomotive and passenger (LOCPAS).
A code of practice for design standards for accessible railway stations.
These plans and sections are as amended in the House of Commons Select Committee, coinciding with the Hybrid Bill process.
National technical rules (NTRs) supplement National Technical Specification Notices (NTSN) with network or country-specific requirements.
Outlines the procedures involved in applying for a Transport and Works Act order.
How to get extra support for projects in England that require a complex range of environmental permits and licences.
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