The rail industry took a key step in the delivery of its 30-year vision with the development of the Rail Technical Strategy Capability Delivery Plan (RTS CDP).
Created to provide a railway fit for current and future demands with the flexibility to respond to the changing expectations of both passenger and freight customers, the RTS broke the industry vision down into six key themes and three cross cutting areas. The capability delivery plan represents the next key step towards the delivery of the vision. It breaks the RTS vision down into twelve key capabilities and then identifies the priority activities which need to happen now and over the course of the next 25 years to achieve those capabilities.
The Work Package Owners will each head the delivery of one / two of the capabilities. The ten now in place are:
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Karen Lane: BAE Systems |
01 Running trains closer together |
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Janine Fountain: Network Rail |
02 Minimal disruption to train service |
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Katherine Daniels: Rail Delivery Group |
03 Efficient passenger flow through stations and trains |
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Karl Butler-Garnham: Network Rail |
04 More value from data |
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OuahceneOurahmoune: Alstom |
05 Optimum energy usage |
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James Brown: Angel Trains |
06 More space on trains |
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TBC |
08 Intelligent trains |
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Richard Errington: Stobart Rail |
10 Flexible freight |
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David Rowe: Network Rail |
Overseeing how research, development and technology feeds into industry planning |
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Neil Tinworth: Unipart Rail |
11 Low-cost rail solutions |
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James Hardy: RSSB |
12 Accelerated research, development and technology deployment |
Guy Woodroffe, RSSB Head of Rail Technical Strategy, said:
“The high calibre of the work package owners is a testament to the importance of the RTS. I look forward to working with them to deliver the critical upgrades which will create a railway fit to meet current and future demands for mobility, and flexible enough to respond to the changing expectations of passenger and freight customers.”