The second report will take the form of an in-depth research paper that will examine, and aim to quantify, social and economic benefits, evaluate different deployment and financing models, and look at the different technologies that can be employed to bring maximum speeds and network reach at affordable prices.
Network Rail's maximum bonuses are based in part on punctuality improving to 84%, barely five percentage points higher than this year's bad performance.
As reported on the website Real Science, forty percent of weather stations in the Historical Climatology Network set their all-time record maximum temperature during the 1930s.