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How frachise reform would benefit passengers and taxpayers
28th July 2010 - MIchale roberts, Chief Executive, ATOC

Opinion piece in Transport Times setting out ATOC's proposals for franchise reform...[more]

     
 

More rigorous appraoch to rail investment needed
6th July 2010 - Michael Roberts, Chief Executive, ATOC

In a letter in the Guardian, Michael Roberts calls for a review of rail investment .... [more]

     
 

Why Rail Travel Is Increasingly Popular With Businesspeople
10th March 2010  - Michael Roberts ATOC Chief Executive

ATOC Chief Executive Michael Roberts writes in The Spectator about how train companies are attracting businesspeople back to rail travel through improved punctuality and special ticket offers. See page 26..... [more]

     
 

The UK Rail Stations 2010 Conference
24th February 2010  - Tom Smith ATOC Chairman

ATOC Chairman Tom Smith outlines the need for reforms that would free up hundreds of millions of pounds of private money to invest in a major programme of station refurbishment and rebuilding if train companies were given longer and more flexible franchises, at an industry conference in London..... [more]

     
 

The Great Transport Debate
17th February 2010  - MIchael Roberts ATOC CEO

At a transport debate attended by the three main political parties, ATOC Chief Executive Michael Roberts speaks of how revitalising the partnership between the public and private sectors is key to a successful railway which better meets the needs of passengers and taxpayers..... [more]

     
 

Planning Ahead Seminar
4th February 2010  -Tom Smith ATOC Chairman

ATOC Chairman Tom Smith discusses priorities for rail with senior industry colleagues at the Planning Ahead seminar in London..... [more]

     
 

Managing Out of Recession 
19th November 2009 - Michael Roberts ATOC CEO

ATOC Chief Executive Michael Roberts outlines how the railways can help manage Britain out of the recession, at a conference in London...... [more]

     
   

 Rail Staff Awards
17th October 2009 - Michael Roberts ATOC CEO

ATOC Chief Executive Michael Roberts pays tribute to the dedicated professionalism and continued hard work of railmen and women across the country, at the RailStaff Awards in London....[more]

     
   

Railway Study Association Lecture
3rd June 2009 - Michael Roberts ATOC CEO

ATOC Chief Executive Michael Roberts sets out the association’s mission, key objectives and challenges and successes to date, to industry colleagues at the RSA Lecture in London...[more]

     
 

ATOC's Role in Supporting Rail Growth 
22nd April 2009 - Michael Roberts ATOC CEO

A slide presentation given to OXERA Rail Policy Group by ATOC Chief Executive Michael Roberts on how ATOC can support and develop rail growth, what train companies have achieved so far and the challenges they still face.... [MORE]