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<p>At the Department’s request, Andrew Haines (Network Rail CEO) led industry in reviewing
plans for the December 2018 timetable in light of the disruption seen in May 2018.
The rail industry advised reductions in the scale of the planned changes for the December
2018 timetable, specifically to reduce the risk of disruption for passengers.</p><p>
</p><p>In addition, the rail industry has put in place additional assurance processes
to test that plans for delivery of the timetable are robust and the Secretary of State
has received on-going assurance from industry leaders on its readiness for the implementation
of timetable change on 09 December 2018.</p><p> </p>
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