Harmonised Rail
Our vision is to enhance rail sector interoperability and compatibility through more economic and efficient management of infrastructure, trains, and operations. We will deliver new and revised standards to support railway engineering and operations across rolling stock, plant, infrastructure, electrification, signalling, telecoms, operational systems, and data and telematics. Standards will complement our other SBAs and the wider industry, for example helping to manage cyber security risk, medical requirements, battery and hydrogen trains, and digital signalling. We will continue to have a central role in the management of National Technical Specification Notices (NTSN), facilitating the UK’s contribution to global rail standardisation in conjunction with the British Standards Institute, and maintain strong links with the EU Agency for Rail and other global partners.