The government task force has hosted a series of public meetings over the future of the railways, to gauge opinion about the service before it prepares a report later this year.

BBC: Northern Ireland Railways train

Later this year the government will publish Sir Rod Eddington's review of transport policy and next summer it plans to set out a 30-year plan for the future of the railways.

ECONOMIST: Britain's railways are privatised only in name

So long as they continue to innovate, and governments to deregulate, railways have nothing to fear from the future.

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Let's reward small business by increasing our infrastructure spending, laying a new foundation for an economy for the future, building the highways and bridges and railways of tomorrow.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Mr. Chatterji asked the company to step up investments that may be planned for future years and to look into expansion in other industries such as roads, railways, waterways and the power sector.

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In my view privatisation was a significant factor in the chaos that there is but the real reason is the under-investment in the railways and the quadrupling of public investment in the railways over the next few years, all as part of this new settlement for the future, the quadrupling of that investment will in my view be fantastically important.

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That's why we've invested in roads and railways so that our economy has room to grow and we're laying the infrastructure for the future.

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