Commitment matrix

We want to maximise the impact of our work for industry. So, we’ve made 2024-25 commitments that meet more than one industry challenge.

Here we outline the primary and secondary challenges our commitments will address, those with a particular focus on safety are highlighted.

^Key^:^{P: Primary alignment to industry challenge, S: Secondary alignment to industry challenger, Yellow: which have a particular focus on safety}

Commitment	Output	Cost reduction	Moving healthy, safe and satisfied customers	Improving reliability and resilience	Adopting technology	Improving freight safety & growth	Value to society and sustainability
Control Command and Communications Management	Update RIS-0386-CCS: Signal Overrun Risk Evaluation and Assessment	P	S
Energy Management	More efficient Approved Body assessments for 750V third rail	P					S
Standards Leadership	Guidance on implementation of the NSTNs	P	S
Traffic Operations and Management	Introducing signs for new type of PSR and TSR	P		S
Data interoperability	Develop proposals for a Data Interoperability Framework	P			S
Digital Rail	Agree scope for RIS-0799-CCS ERTMS/ETCS Baseline 3 onboard Subsystem Requirements	P			S

^Key^:^{P: Primary alignment to industry challenge, S: Secondary alignment to industry challenger, Yellow: which have a particular focus on safety}

Commitment	Output	Cost reduction	Moving healthy, safe and satisfied customers	Improving reliability and resilience	Adopting technology	Improving freight safety & growth	Value to society and sustainability
Passenger and Staff Health	Publish long-term strategy for public health		P	S
Passenger Operations	Update the cross-industry PTI strategy		P
Public Safety	Central hub for trespass & suicide prevention		P	S
Rolling Stock and Plant Management	Update RIS-2761-RST: Driving Cabs Design	S	P

^Key^:^{P: Primary alignment to industry challenge, S: Secondary alignment to industry challenger, Yellow: which have a particular focus on safety}

Commitment	Output	Cost reduction	Moving healthy, safe and satisfied customers	Improving reliability and resilience	Adopting technology	Improving freight safety & growth	Value to society and sustainability
Asset Integrity	Publish NDRACAS Data Sharing Charter, Issue 1	S		P
Confidential Reporting	Deliver insights, learning from reports, and upgrading ways we work			P
Fatigue Management	Produce advice from alertness and monitoring trial			P	S
Future risk modelling	Deliver studies on enhancing risk modelling abilities			P		S
Health and Wellbeing	Central hub for health data	S		P
Horizon scanning and foresight	Use strategic foresight methods to identify challenges and risks			P
Human Factors Integration	Leadership programme for Driver instructors, mentors and managers	S		P
Infrastructure Management	Guidance on underline bridges where passenger trains operate above 100mph	S		P
Risk and Safety Intelligence	Produce a tool for evaluating benefits from devices to guide derailed trains	S		P		S
Safety Leadership	Lead delivery of the Rail Health and Safety Strategy by delivery a conference		S	P
Sector Strategy	Support the Rail Transformation Programme			P			S
Train Operations	Deliver upgraded architecture and user interface for the upgraded RAATS2 tool			P	S

^Key^:^{P: Primary alignment to industry challenge, S: Secondary alignment to industry challenger, Yellow: which have a particular focus on safety}

Commitment	Output	Cost reduction	Moving healthy, safe and satisfied customers	Improving reliability and resilience	Adopting technology	Improving freight safety & growth	Value to society and sustainability
Artificial Intelligence	Publish guidance on the implications of AI in a rail context				P
Data, systems and telematics	Publish new RIS-6702-DST: Common Reference Time for Railway Systems	S			P
Efficient and reliable assets	Develop plan to introduce new assets and novel technologie	S			P
Knowledge transfer	Release and grow a database of rail relevant PhDs				P
Occupational Health and Safety	Deliver systems engineering diagrams to simply & improve ALO working			S	P
Optimised Operations	Publish research on Assisted Braking and Door Operation (ABDO) method of work			S	P
Research implementation	Identify and support early adopters of our research findings				P
Traction power management	Run webinars on how to make better use of traction power solutions				P	S

^Key^:^{P: Primary alignment to industry challenge, S: Secondary alignment to industry challenger, Yellow: which have a particular focus on safety}

Commitment	Output	Cost reduction	Moving healthy, safe and satisfied customers	Improving reliability and resilience	Adopting technology	Improving freight safety & growth	Value to society and sustainability
Freight capability	Determine how dynamic SRTs can improve journey times, reduce emissions and encourage modal shift					P	S
Freight Safety	Carry out a trial of the Freight Condition Maintenance Decision Support Tool (WILD)			S		P

^Key^:^{P: Primary alignment to industry challenge, S: Secondary alignment to industry challenger, Yellow: which have a particular focus on safety}

Commitment	Output	Cost reduction	Moving healthy, safe and satisfied customers	Improving reliability and resilience	Adopting technology	Improving freight safety & growth	Value to society and sustainability
Embedding Sustainable Rail	Determine how dynamic SRTs can improve journey times, reduce emissions and encourage modal shift		S				P
Technical Leadership: Emissions	Carry out a trial of the Freight Condition Maintenance Decision Support Tool (WILD)		S				P
Technical Leadership: Natural Environment	Deliver an annual update to the Climate Change Adaption maturity assessment			S			P
Technical Leadership: Social Sustainability	Launch a new Rail Social Value Tool platform			S			P