"One of the more helpful suggestions in the McNulty Report was to devolve responsibility for local and regional rail services to passenger transport executives (PTEs) and local authorities. Not an original idea by any means and the Department for Transport had already been thinking along those lines anyway, but good it was endorsed in an otherwise lacklustre report. The principle is fine and already works well on Merseyside, where the PTE is the franchising authority for the 25-year long Merseyrail franchise. Creating smaller franchise units could bring a stronger focus on the customer with scope to encourage bids from co-ops and mutual, maybe even with employee involvement. "
Read much more in Paul Salveson's latest salvo; http://www.paulsalveson.org.uk/2011/07/03/illustrated-weekly-salvo-no-7/
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