New operator/Network Rail relationships save money and improve performance

Closer working between British train operators and infrastructure provider Network Rail is delivering new projects that benefit train operations and infrastructure management, as well as reducing scheme delivery costs.

Proposals for closer working between train operating franchise holders and Network Rail were set out in the McNulty review into costs of the rail industry in Britain last year and are now beginning to make a noticeable impact. Scotrail has become the latest train operator to...