Network Rail sets out new strategic targets

Network Rail has launched the second phase of its ten-year Network Operating Strategy, aimed at improving railway operations. Also known as Net Ops 2, the strategy has been developed in partnership with colleagues from around the industry. It sets out a series of recommendations on how operational teams can run improved services. The document brings together operational views from the industry as a set of clear improvement targets. The consultation process has been created with input from senior leaders in train operating companies as well as from organisations such as the Rail Safety and Standards Board, the Rail Delivery Group and the Institution of Railway Operators. It focuses on three core areas for improvements; people, change and technology, and process. In addition to those three priorities are a series of goals and actions that operational teams can take. The strategy is a part of Network Rail’s Train Service Delivery strategic theme, which aims to improve how operational professions are developed while providing a highly performing railway.