Network Rail promises culture change to get rail enhancements back on track

Councils have long criticised Network Rail’s record of delivering enhancement projects, citing cumbersome procedures and habitual cost rises. Now NR is promising to change things for the better.

Major changes to the way Network Rail manages enhancement projects  are afoot, amid criticism that existing procedures are too cumbersome, too lax, and frequently result in sharp cost escalations.  

Network Rail shared details of the reforms with LTT this week in response to our enquiry about council criticisms of enhancement planning. Councils have long grumbled about NR’s delivery procedures but the recent review of Network Rail conducted for the Government by Nicola Shaw gave...

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