Executive summary: GBR’s opportunity for positive change 4

1. The need for an integrated strategy 6

  1.1 The railway GBR inherits

  1.2 The forces shaping the next forty years

  1.3 What GBR makes possible

2. GBR’s train fleet 8

  2.1 GBR’s train design approach

  2.2 Innovation in train procurement through ‘fleet families’

  2.3 Standardisation of GBR train fleets

  2.4 Managing GBR’s train fleet assets for the long term

3. Integrating GBR’s train fleet and infrastructure 15

  3.1 GBR’s traction choices

  3.2 Expanding GBR’s electrified railway network

  3.3 Securing GBR’s electrical power supplies

  3.4 GBR’s digital signalling transformation

  3.5 Integrating train and infrastructure asset management

4. GBR’s depot and maintenance plans 20

  4.1 The need for an integrated GBR maintenance approach

  4.2 The need for a new approach to train fleet maintenance

  4.3 The need for a coordinated approach to parts, materials and logistics

5. Funding GBR’s trains and infrastructure 24

  5.1 GBR making better decisions through integration

  5.2 Funding and prioritising GBR’s investments

  5.3 Ownership and leasing of train fleets

  5.4 Procuring new trains for GBR

6. Building GBR’s pipeline 26

  6.1 The Fleet & Infrastructure Plan (FIP)

  6.2 How GBR’s FIP will be produced