London's Railways - Response to the Government's Rail Review, May 2004

Transport for London’s response to the Secretary of State for Transport's review of the structure of the rail industry was formally submitted to the Department for Transport on 10 May 2004.

The response sets out TfL’s proposals to improve the overground passenger rail services that run in, out and through London and the commuter belt.

Click here to read the full response.  This will include the following:

Executive Summary
1) Introduction
2) Rail's importance to London
3) What London needs from rail
4) How the present system has failed London
5) Meeting London's needs
6) Specific Proposals for change
7) Delivering the required changes
8) Consequences of augmenting TfL's executive responsibilities to include the surburban rail system for London
9) Conclusions
Annex: Delineation of the LRIS area boundary