The objectives of the programme for 2013/14 are to: . Upgrade and expand the priority commuter rail corridors by finalising the rail policy and the rail plan strategy by 2014 and ensuring increased service levels and improved system performance and reliability in seven of the 21 priority commuter rail corridors in the country by 2014. . Increase the accountability for commuter rail service delivery by facilitating the devolution of rail commuter operational subsidies to local government by signing a service level agreement between the Department and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) by December 2013 and signing service level agreements between capacitated metropolitan municipalities and PRASA by December 2014. . Enhance the efficiencies and reliability of the rail transport sector by promulgating a Rail White Paper in 2014, enacting legislation by 2015/16 which drives investment and reform in the rail industry, reducing logistical cost of freight movement from 50.4 per cent to 41 per cent over the medium term and increasing the passenger rail volumes by 2.5 per cent annually. . Ensure a safe railway environment by developing rail safety policy and regulations and reducing the number of accidents and incidents due to unsafe infrastructure or equipment by 10 per cent by 2014/15, increasing safety compliance through the introduction of a penalty regime by 2014, reducing the total number of incidents and accidents from 3 720 in 2011/12 by 5 per cent in 2013/14 and a further 10 per cent in 2014/15.