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Climate Contract Playbook Edition 3

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ensure that appropriate interchange and waiting facilities are provided; and

(b) ensure that where it procures any buses, or services to provide buses, the Franchisee meets or exceeds the minimum procurement targets set out for clean vehicles under EU Directive 2019/1161 as if it applied to the Franchisee.

Section 2 – Incentivising Long-Term Change [XX]. In this context, investment or change for the purposes of transition to zero emission road transport may be considered to encompass: a) capital investments undertaken solely by the Franchisee; b) capital investments undertaken by the Franchisee in association with others; c) total or partial substitution of certain train services by bus services where an enhanced service level could be provided for reduced cost or where the provision of bus services improves the overall capacity of the network or delivers other benefits; d) changes in working practices of the Franchisee’s employees; e) changes in the contracted roles and responsibilities between the Franchisee and its major suppliers; f) operational changes; and g) any proposals for the partial or total replacement of any vehicles used by the Franchise, excluding Train Fleet, with clean vehicles, as well as the installation of any associated and/or required infrastructure, including but not limited to electric vehicle charging points.

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