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Under the new organisation Network Rail, along with functions from the Rail Delivery Group and Department for Transport will be absorbed as the government delivers what has been described as “the biggest change to railways in 25 years” and aims to lay out a 30 year strategy for the sector. GBR is expected to deliver £1.5bn in savings a year after five years as a result of “increased purchasing power and economies of scale, and make it easier and cheaper to plan maintenance, renewals and upgrades”. The Williams Review, chaired by former British Airways boss Keith Williams, was launche...

Network Rail’s Delivery Plan for Control Period 6 (CP6), which started in 2019, offers a refocus on its strategic objective. The rail network operator has said that “for too long we have been introspective and focused on engineering excellence, rather than on the service that we provide”. Two years into CP6, contractors are increasingly considering what positive contributions they can make to Network Rail’s mission, and for many it comes in the form of keeping railways open while increasing safety and reliability and reducing burden and cost. Completing works quickly and effectively i...

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