About CP6
Back in November 2017, the UK government announced it would be investing £47bn into the UK’s rail network across the CP6 period, £10bn more than CP5.
Network Rail’s Strategic Business Plain detailed £47 billion of work to be delivered. The work will be carried out over a five-year period of Control Period 6, and the framework will complete a range of projects including replacing and refurbishing structures across the route and delivering very much needed improvements to stations.
CP6 will not be so much about big projects, but rather focusing on running the railway better, more reliably and efficiently. This is reflected in a 25 percent uplift in the budget for maintenance and operations compared with CP5.
The routes that will be affected are North (Scotland routes), Central (the East Midlands plus the London to North-west / North-east routes) and South (Western, Wales, Wessex, South-east and Anglia routes).
The control period of CP6 started last month on April 1st and will run for five years until March 2024. Back in February 2018, Network Rail outlined its vision for CP6 in which it said it aimed to slash train delays by 15% and provide 1,000 extra services by 2021. They rail operator says the plan “will drive economic growth, jobs and housing by delivering a better railway for millions of people who rely on it”.
Network Rail have said from
now on their focus is on
delivering the best outcome
for passengers and freight
users. Every decision they
make will be through the eyes
of their passengers, which will
ingrain a customer service
mind-set throughout the
organisation.
The significant investment in the renewal of railway infrastructure forms part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan to make Britain’s railway more reliable, cost efficient, provide additional capacity, whilst building on our reputation as the safest railway in Europe.
6 | MANE RAIL & INFRASTRUCTURE | MAY 2019