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PDF documents (to read or download) and web Links

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New documents added March 2016 

Correspondence - Network Rail, The Railway Action Group, Government & AONBs:

Letter from Transport Minister to ANOB's, 26 Feb 2016

Letter to Sec of State for Transport from AONBs, 9 Dec 2015

Letter to NR on decimation of woodland & NR's reponse, Dec 2015

Email to NR from CPRE Berkshire, 3 Nov 2015

Letter to NR from AONBs, 21 Oct 2015

NR Statement of Intent 19 October 2015

Letter to Mark Carne (NR's CEO) on 13th October 2015

'Can you help Save the Goring Gap?' - Oct 2015 leaflet

Email to Richard Turner on cancellation of meeting. 14 April 2015

NR answers to RAG questions May 2015

Response from NR to Goring resident

RAG Meeting Poster 15 April 2015

Network Rail criticised by local community

Letter to NR from CCB - Scoping response  Feb 2012


Minutes of Meetings of RAG & Network Rail:

Minutes of 1st RAG meeting with Network Rail In Goring - 6th May 2015

Minutes of 2nd RAG meeting with Network Rail in Goring - 15th July 2015

Minutes of 3rd meeting with Network Rail in Goring - 14th October 2015

Minutes of 4th meeting with Network Rail in Goring - 14th January 2016

Network Rail & Railway Reference Documents:

Network Rail's 3-part Environmental Statement for South Oxfordshire:
​SODC - Environmental statement vol 1a general sections
SODC - Environmental statement vol 1b
SODC - Environmental statement vol 2 appendices a-d

NR - Route Utilisation Strategy - Technical Guide

NR - Stakeholders Consultation Guide

Network Rail Annual Return 2013

Great Western electrification project FAQ

NR's Biodiversity impacts study on electrification of Gatehampton viaduct

NR's Proposed plan for electrification of Gatehampton viaduct

​Heathrow Express - Facts & Figures - Statistics on our Service

NR's Board of Directors

NR's Code of Ethics

NR's Chairman's Statement of Responsibilities

NR's CEO's Statement of Responsibilities


NR Members Annual Statement

NR's Safety, Health & Environment Terms of Reference

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Great Western Railway

Great Western Electrification

Overhead Electrification Types

Goring Footbridge Model 1 (annotated)

Timeline of NR's activities on GWR


AONBs & Conservation:

Chilterns Conservation Board presentation to NR, 15 July 2015

Chilterns AONB

Article on Electrification in the Goring Gap on Chilterns AONB website

North Wessex Downs AONB

National Trust report on AONBs and Development

​National Trust - Protecting England's Special Countryside

National Trust - England's natural beauty areas at risk

English National Parks Vision and Circular 2010

Gatehampton Viaduct 

SODC Planning consent for installation of OLE on Gatehampton viaduct, Jan 2015

NR Planning application to install OLE on Gatehampton viaduct

Moulsford Viaduct


Government & Consultation:

Hansard 25 June 2015

A user guide to stakeholder consultation

HM Govt Code of Practice on Consultation, July 2008

Consultation Principles October 2013

Office of Rail Regulation - Network Rail Regulation

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Office of Rail Regulation - Performance investigation report June 2014


Legislation & Planning:

Section 85, Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000

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The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (Whole Act)

Planning Practice Guidance 

Section 11A(2) of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949

'Have regard' duties

Permitted Development Rights

General Permitted Development Order (GDPO) March 2015.

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000

What are permitted development rights? - Planning Practice Guidance

National Planning Policy Framework - paragraph 155

The Planning Act 2008



Media and electrification reports


Modern Railways article on £3b GWR electrification costs, Dec 2015

Daily Telegraph article 3 Jan 2016

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/12078265/Rail-electrification-ruining-English-countryside.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-33270017

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-33270586

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/25/network-rail-chief-to-step-down-as-385bn-upgrades-are-delayed

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/25/network-rail-chief-to-step-down-as-385bn-upgrades-are-delayed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-32397853

http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/2015/06/29-talks-continue-over-future-of.html
 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-35231278​

BBC News - New High Speed Hitachi train
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Goring Gap News Electrification reports


Rail Electrification report (No 1) - GGN June 2015

Rail electrification update (No 2) - GGN July 2015

Network Rail Drop-in mtg (No 3) - GGN Oct 2015

Rail electrification update (No 4) - GGN Jan 2016


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