Winsor warns of regulation threat

Tom Winsor: mother of all rows

Tom Winsor: mother of all rows

Former rail regulator Tom Winsor has warned that the Office of Rail Regulation is considering reforms which would give Network Rail a new role monitoring train operators' performance.

In the foreword to Transit’s Transport Law Review, Winsor said that the plan may be included in a consultation later this year or early next year, and that it would fundamentally alter the nature of the relationship between operators and Network Rail.  “In 2007-08, we may see controversial...