Strategic Themes

The following Enablers align with the Rail Technical Strategy https://railtechnicalstrategy.co.uk.

In this document, we’ve provided guidance on Enablers five to eight as Enablers one to four are covered within other strategic documents.

1.0
Passenger experience and accessibility
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  • 1.1 Cross modal intergration
  • 1.2 Accessible and personalised journeys
  • 1.3 Smart fare collection
  • 1.4 Safety and security of passengers and public
  • 1.5 Sustainability of branch lines
2.0
Freight capability
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  • 2.1 Optimised network access for freight
  • 2.2 Increase average and maximum freight speeds
  • 2.3 Future terminal concepts
  • 2.4 Future wagon concepts
  • 2.5 Freight vehicle remote condition monitoring
  • 2.6 Freight data driven maintenance and operations
  • 2.7 Zero/low emissions from freight trains
3.0
Traction decarbonisation
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  • 3.1 De-risk and future proof zero/low emission trains
  • 3.2 Minimizing impact from diesel legacy
  • 3.3 Assets to support decarbonisation
  • 3.4 Intelligent energy management
4.0
Environmental and social sustainability
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  • 4.1 Whole life carbon
  • 4.2 Zero/low emission construction and maintenance plant
  • 4.3 Transition to low carbon energy sources/ technologies for non traction
  • 4.4 Improve air quality
  • 4.5 Support biodiversity
  • 4.6 Circular economy
  • 4.7 Noise controls
  • 4.8 Social value
  • 4.9 Water resource management
  • External Resources
5.0
Optimised and resilient operations
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  • 5.1 Flexible and reliable train planning
  • 5.2 Real-time operations and decisions
  • 5.3 Signalling and train control capabilities
  • 5.4 Operational staff development and competency
  • 5.5 Operational safety
  • 5.6 Branch line operational concepts
6.0
Automation
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  • 6.1 Remote inspection of assets and local environment
  • 6.2 Automated design, compliance and approval
  • 6.3 Automated/mechanisation asset maintenance and installation
  • 6.5 Optimisation of rolling stock maintenance/preparation
  • 6.6 Principles and case for automation
7.0
Optimised and resilient assets
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  • 7.1 Location of assets, resources and materials
  • 7.2 Effective, continuous remote condition monitoring
  • 7.3 Predictive and preventative maintenance
  • 7.4 Safer, capable and digitally connected workforce
  • 7.5 Climate change adaptation
  • 7.6 System/asset design, standardisation and optimisation
  • 7.7 Advanced and novel materials development
  • 7.8 Manage for obsolescence/legacy assets
  • 7.9 Accelerated and affordable testing and validation
8.0
Digitalisation and data
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  • 8.1 Data availability and accessibility
  • 8.2 Enabling novel data exploitation techniques
  • 8.3 Digitisation of assets and core processes
  • 8.4 Advanced cyber security