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Whatever life throws at youASLEF will help to protect you.Free legal advice and representation on:• Personal injury at work (including assaults)• Personal injury away from work• Road traffic accident injury• Industrial disease or illness• Criminal law representation (for work-relatedmatters)Free legal advice and representation on:• Personal injury away from work• Road traffic accident injuryAs a ASLEF member you’re covered for: †• Free will writing service• 30 minutes free telephone advice for anynon-work issues such as landlord disputes,neighbourhood disputes, matrimonial andconsumer issues• Employment law accessed through your ASLEFdistrict organiserASLEF members and their families are covered for: †• Special terms for clinical negligence cases• Reduced rates for conveyancing and familymember willsFor more information call ASLEF on 0808 100 8009† Exclusions apply. Thompsons Solicitors is a trading name of Thompsons Solicitors LLPand is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Rebuilding rail 9NOVEMBER 2011Quantifiable costs ofprivatisation and fragmentationQuantifiable costs of privatisation & fragmentationFragmentation costsTOC sub-contractors’ operating marginsROSCO sub-contractors’ operating marginsLeakageDividend payments: RailtrackDividend payments: TOCsDividend payments: ROSCOsSunk costsTOTAL COSTSExcess interest payment on Network Rail debtCost of interfaces between TOCs & Network RailNetwork Rail: cost of outsourcing renewals /enhancements (& maintenance before 2003/04)Underselling ROSCOs at time of privatisationDebt write-off, liability transfer to sell Railtrack£1.2 billionAnnual£156m£290m£200m£76m£15m-£227m£207m--£11.3–11.7 billionCumulative£950mnot known£2311m£771m£176m£709m£507-1000m£2520m£1100m£2208mEU rules do not block reformEU rules do not block reformRail infrastructure must be privately owned?Train services must be by private companies?Railway infrastructure and train services mustbe run by different organisations?Trains must be leased from privatecompanies?Domestic passenger services must be opento competition?Railways must be regulated by a body that isnot the Ministry of Transport?Domestic freight services must be open tocompetition?Railways must hold assets, budgets andaccounts separate to those of the State?Rail infrastructure manager must draw upseparate accounts to train operator(s)?EU rulesnow inforceNONONONONONOYESYESYESEU rules if‘Recast’DirectiveadoptedNONONONONOYESYESYESYESEU rules iflaws followfrom 2011TransportWhitePaperNONONONOYESYESYESYESYESWhat theUK hasdecidedYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESREBUiLdiNG RAiL: EXPOSiNG thEWAStE ANd dEFiNiNG thE cOStTHE four rail unions – ASLEF, RMT, TSSA and UNITE - have joined together to commission amajor research project on the effects of privatisation on the UK rail industry. An interim reportwas unveiled last month at Labour’s annual conference and its major findings are that over £11 billion has left the industry which could have been re-invested to improve theservice the excuse that European Union rules forced the change to privatisation is simply wrong –there are no such demands that there are potential savings of over £300 million a year if franchises were taken backinto public hands as they expire removing Rolling Stock Companies (ROSCOs which lease rolling stock) from the systemcould save the taxpayer some £220 million a year<strong>The</strong> research is being carried out for the unions by ‘Transport for Quality of Life’ and willoffer the academic evidence to back up the union’s policy positions which call for an end tofranchising. More detailed findings will be presented over the coming months, and it isintended to make presentations of the findings to members across the country as well as topoliticians and other transport opinion formers. Shadow transport minister Maria Eagle hasalready welcomed it as ‘a valuable contribution to the debate about Labour’s future policy onrail’.<strong>The</strong> website of the organisation carrying out the research on our behalf iswww.transportforqualityoflife.comRebuilding Rail: TOCsRebuilding Rail 1: TOCs• Doesn’t need ‘big bang’ approach.• Take franchises into direct operation as expire.• Reclaim franchises from operators in breach.• Use directly operated lines to show improvement underdirect operation: lower costs; higher performance;greater passenger satisfaction.• Train operations part of ‘guiding mind’ organisation• Only consider buy out as last resort where criticalroutes offer re-integration benefits worth capturing inthe short term.Potential saving: £300+ million per yearPotential saving: £300+ million per yearRebuilding Rail Rail: 3: ROSCOs• Medium term aim to remove ROSCOs from the system.• Purchase new stock directly from other sources, as partof an industrial strategy supporting UK rail manufacture.• Negotiate lease price reductions in exchange for usageguarantees.• Regulate the ROSCO oligopoly for fair lease prices.• Create mechanism to claw back excessive profit.Potential saving: £220+ million per yearPotential saving: £220+ million per year
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