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MULTI ANNUAL PLAN

08 April 2019

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Contents

1 Background and mission of R&D 4

1.1 Network Rail R&D background 4

1.2 Network Rail R&D mission 4

1.3 Portfolio strategy 5

1.4 The 6 programmes in the portfolio 5

1.5 Governance of the end to end process 6

1.5.1 Benefits management 6

1.5.2 Regulatory requirements 7

2 Detailed programme overview 9

2.1 Funding the programme 9

2.2 5-year plan principles 10

2.3 Civils and Sustainability 11

2.3.1 Programme list and structure 11

2.3.2 Civils and Sustainability - in flight projects 14

2.3.3 Civils and Sustainability - year 1 projects 15

2.4 Future Communications and Train Control 19


2.4.2 Future Communications and Train Control - in flight projects 21

2.4.3 Future Communications and Train Control - year 1 projects 22

2.5 Reliable and Sustainable Power 25


2.5.2 Reliable and Sustainable Power - in flight projects 27

2.5.3 Reliable and Sustainable Power - year 1 projects 27

2.6 Safety, Security and Operations 30


2.6.2 Safety, Security and Operations - in flight projects 32

2.6.3 Safety, Security and Operations - year 1 projects 34

2.7 Track Maintenance and Plant 37


2.7.2 Track, Maintenance and Plant - in flight projects 41

2.7.3 Track, Maintenance and Plant - year 1 projects 42

2.8 Shift2Rail 37

2.8.1 Shift2Rail - year 1 projects 48

01 BACKROUND & MISSION OF R&D

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1 Background and mission of R&D

1.1 Network Rail R&D background

Network Rail has committed to deliver research and development to support the delivery of the Rail Technical

Strategy (RTS), which provides the RSSB vision for how technology can be used to create a better railway. The

RTS defines the framework for research and development investment to create, test and deploy new technologies

into the live railway. Network Rail will contribute to the RTS through the delivery of R&D portfolio.

1.2 Network Rail R&D mission

“Accelerating innovation by using the power of technology to revolutionise the railway experience”

With secured funding for CP6, the Network Rail R&D portfolio has been formed to identify new innovative

processes and products. The success of the R&D portfolio is vital to future efficiency and is critical in enabling the

sustainable railway for the future. The mission is to invest the £245m released for R&D, and any other third-party

funding secured, in de-risking technologies, exploiting new ideas, products and services to benefit passengers and

freight users.

The critical success factor of the portfolio has been defined as:

Network Rail’s headline commitment for the CP6 R&D portfolio is £1.6bn NPV benefit over 20 years,

including approximately £0.9bn NPV over 20 years for asset sustainability.

The portfolio has committed to deliver improvements for the rail infrastructure against Network Rail’s primary goal

of asset sustainability, network performance, safety, security, cost efficiency and network growth.

Figure 1 - Long-term forecasts for asset sustainability, as measured by CSI - http://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/39303/pr18-final-determination-england-and-wales-conclusions.pdf

Through targeting asset sustainability, the portfolio is looking to address around £0.5bn (33.3%) of the gap

identified following completion of asset modelling (Figure 1), creating new and better modes of interventions,

enabling Network Rail to achieve business goals efficiently and effectively (i.e. to achieve 2.8 times the benefit

compared to current state).

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1.3 Portfolio strategy

Asset sustainability will be improved through:

• Extending the length of service from an aged asset,

• Targeting intervention through a better understanding of risk,

• Providing more reliable mitigation of in-service risk.

Short-, medium- and long term-goals as follows:

• Short-term goals include critical milestones that need to be met in the early years of CP6. By the end of the first year we forecast to need to have invested £30m to be on track with generating R&D outputs that lead to benefits being realised in the routes.

• Mid-term goals include a formal review of each programme against the portfolio plan in 2021, with the aim of identifying actions necessary to ensure all projects are delivering on commitments. Further investments would also be considered if the portfolio has met its commitments.

• Long-term goals include realising savings of £1.6bn across the CP6 time frame and achieving sustainable asset management given the 55% of projects in the portfolio are to focus on asses sustainability as key objective.

1.4 The 6 programmes in the portfolio

To manage the CP6 R&D portfolio, the scope has been split into six programme areas:

• Civils and Sustainability

• Future Communications and Train Control

• Reliable and sustainable Power

• Safety, Security and Operations

• Track, Maintenance and Plant

• Shift2Rail

Shift2Rail is also included within the R&D delivery. It is a European funded technology and R&D collaboration

programme that is accelerating the delivery of the Rail Technical Strategy and delivering solutions to benefit the rail

industry across Europe. The Shift2Rail programme will be aligned to the other five programmes to prevent

duplication, align outcomes and provide full visibility at programme review meetings.

Grouping the five remaining programmes based on asset group will facilitate the delivery of the portfolio strategy as

it eases stakeholder engagement. The emphasis on stakeholder engagement is to ensure the portfolio objectives

are met. Better visibility of projects within asset groups can ensure the distribution of opportunities is balanced

across the programmes and each area of the business is contributing towards the overall mission.

Nevertheless, there are synergies and dependencies that span between the six programmes. These need to be

managed effectively at programme and portfolio level. To manage interdependencies and common themes

programmes have been divided in themes allowing Network Rail to connect the operation of one technology across

an asset area. Figure 2 shows the interdependencies within each programme.

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Figure 2 CP6 R&D portfolio - programmes and asset breakdown.

1.5 Governance of the end to end process

The portfolio governance is defined within the portfolio governance document. Governance will be governed

through 3 layers of governance: technical, programme and financial.

• Technical governance refers to the various internal Network Rail and External Rail Industry requirements the project must meet. This includes customer focused periodic reviews of the project and ensuring the deliverables of the project are attainable and meet the portfolio requirements. The R&D portfolio has committed to working differently with stakeholders, ensuring greater stakeholder buy-in and improving on previous projects, building trust and confidence with customers and Network Rail internal stakeholders.

• Programme governance refers to the various roles required in the project, as well as the reviews the project must undertake at programme level, including programme review boards.

• Financial governance refers to the process of obtaining funding for the project through Investment Panel. Investment panels will be followed throughout the lifecycle of the project to ensure allocated funding has been spent. This includes third party funding requests and approvals.

The portfolio is committed to investing in projects that have the highest opportunity to realise their expected

benefits by:

• Putting greater emphasis on prioritising projects which can exploit technology to the fullest

• Investing in projects clearly linked to business improvement

• Improving and pre-defining procurement strategy for projects

• Ensuring all projects can be commercialised and have a viable route to market.

1.5.1 Benefits management

NR benefits management strategy sets out the approach, structure and method for planning, managing and delivering benefits within the R&D portfolio.

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Figure 4 The Operating Model to manage portfolio benefits

The framework has been developed to ensure the programmes deliver benefits set out in the portfolio vision. Presented in Figure 4 are the five principles of this framework:

• Tools and templates for transparency and line of sight to deployment

• Portfolio decisions achieve overall level of benefit

• Customer engagement through the lifecycle to build ownership of benefits

• Portfolio managed to ensure R&D outputs on track for timely benefits realisation

• Third party funding to strengthen market pull and supplier commitment.

1.5.2 Regulatory requirements

We have a mandate for the R&D portfolio under the final determination. Commitments to the ORR are:

• Development of governance arrangements with input from funders, customers and industry stakeholders

• Includes setting up a new R&D Industry Advisory Board

• Transparency with all stakeholders

• A balanced portfolio of long, medium and short-term R&D

• £112m of matched 3rd party funding, substantially from commercial organisations not only other government funded organisations such as Innovate UK

• Significant focus on asset sustainability – there are therefore key projects within the plan which must be delivered

• A high return on investment as declared in the proposal

• A review after two years.

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02 DETAILED PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

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2 Detailed programme overview

2.1 Funding the programme

The portfolio has prioritised 129 projects, within an original list of 400, based on benefits, strategic alignment, likelihood of success and sponsors’ prioritisation. All project benefits were factored down based on previous success rates and the RIRL maturity of projects to provide a realistic view of the likelihood of success.

The scope of the CP6 R&D portfolio is predicated on having £357m spend over five years across the six programme areas identified. The £357m value of investment has been determined based on £245m of direct investment and £112m of third-party match funding.

There is an assumption that the spend increases by the RIRL stage of the projects. The estimation of implementation costs will be improved as the portfolio develops. Figure 2 R&D CP6 spend profile shows the portfolio’s spending profile and match funding targets.

Figure 2 R&D CP6 spend profile

Summary of Portfolio finances:

Current Authority (£m) AFC All Stages (£m)

Total £ 41.739 £ 80.100

Table 1 Project finances - (future versions to include programme breakdown and COWD)

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2.2 5-year plan principles

Control Period 6 will start on 1 April 2019 and continue to 31 March 2024. During this period, the programmes

will deliver projects which have been prioritised by the business.

Programme In flight projects New year 1 projects Year 1 total

Num. £m (19/20) Num. £m (19/20) Num. £m (19/20)

Civils and Sustainability

3 £ 1.909 12 £8.181 15 £10.090

Future Comms and Train Control

3* £10.769 3* £12.869 6 £23.638

Reliable and Sustainable Power

0 £0.000 7 £2.950 7 £2.950

Safety, Security and Operations

4 £3.311 11 £3.922 15 £7.233

Track Maintenance and Plant

5 £1.677 15 £9.045 20 £10.722

Shift2Rail 13 £2.493 3 £ 4.983** 16 £7.476**

Total 28 £20.159 51 £41.950 79 £62.109

*Target190plus comprises 32 projects, some of which are live and therefore the programme is counted as in flight even though some of the projects are yet to seek authority.

**Currency converted from EUR to GBP on 22nd of March 2019 (1EUR = 0.86GBP)

Table 2 Summary table

The forecast target spend for year 1 projects has been increased by over 1/3 from the planned year 1 spend.

This is to account for several assumptions that have been factored into the portfolio spend profile for year 1

and aligns with company trends, allows for estimation uncertainty, risk profile and assumptions. In flight

project estimates are well understood and predicted to be in line with forecast spend.

Prioritisation activities have identified year 1 projects. Year 1 projects are all high benefit and range in levels of

complexity for delivery. Projects have been selected based on their ability to deliver early wins, as well as

initiating the R&D process for projects that have been identified as high complexity, to ensure the de-risking of

technology begins early and brings forward the opportunity to realise the intended benefits.

The cumulative forecast for investment authority:

Figure 3 Cumulative investment authority planned / actual

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2.3 Civils and Sustainability

2.3.1 Programme list and structure

The programme has identified the following projects to deliver within CP6.

Project Name Description CP6 Budget (£m)

Buildings and architecture

Fully Automated Building Design and Removal of Humans for Engineering

Exploring the possibilities of adopting computational / generative design in the development of built environment assets. Initially this will include production of a proof of concept model on how footbridge design and scheme development could be improved through intelligence. The second stage of this initial research would be to progress into Artificial Intelligence for all construction design.

0.200

Lifts and Escalators IOT Remote Condition Monitoring

Enhancing remote condition monitoring solutions for Lifts & Escalators automating data collection and augmentation of maintenance strategies.

0.500

Non-Destructive Testing for Hidden Critical Elements

Research into appropriate testing methodology to determine the safety limits and failure likelihood of hidden critical elements for canopies, footbridges, platforms and building facades and roofs.

0.500

Environment & Sustainability

Circular Economy Identifying alternative products, processes and technologies that use a circular economy methodology.

0.250

Environment and Social Appraisal Tool

Developing a web-based tool to support identification and management of environment and social risks linked with Environmental & Sustainability standards.

0.500

Mapping Asset Criticality & Weather Resilience and Climate Change Vulnerability

Developing a mapping tool that enables asset vulnerability heat maps for use in risk assessment and quantification and investment prioritisation.

1.000

Natural Capital Seeking to quantify the amount of natural capital Network Rail owns and manages and identify the resultant ecosystem services.

0.500

The Real Cost of Weather Resilience and Climate Change events

Seeking to identify and quantify the Socioeconomic costs of WRCCA impacts beyond the Schedule 8 data that we already have.

0.250

Geotechnical

Earthwork Stabilisation Using Electrokinetics

Research into an innovative soil stabilisation technique (electrokinetics) through trial installation and performance monitoring to remove moisture and increase the soil strength.

2.000

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Earthwork Monitoring Researching technologies to improve the ability to rapidly respond to asset failure and prevent trains from encountering material that may have fouled the infrastructure, enabling improvements to long term safety performance of low frequency / high consequence events.

3.000

Earthwork Performance Improved understanding of embankment deterioration to enable better targeting of resources and more optimal mitigation measures to be deployed to the operational railway.

0.400

Embankment Traffic Loading

Researching a better assessment method to predict degradation of embankments based on embankment and traffic inputs.

1.800

National Aerial Survey Improving the reliability and reproducibility of earthwork and other inspections, maintain the accuracy of track centre line data and support the creation of early stage GRIP products to enhance the targeting of capital investment in the management of safety risk. The purpose of investment in CP6 would be to develop processing techniques and enhance existing business activities from new aerial survey data. Existing basic visual inspections would continue.

4.800

Drainage and Lineside

Digital Drainage Providing an effective workflow management system for Drainage assets, linking existing and new systems for decision support tools and models to allow for more informed decision making.

5.000

Drainage Theatre To create the world first railway drainage ‘test facility’ located at RIDC Tuxford with opportunities to test products, undertake maintenance training and degradation / drainage asset whole life modelling – all in a safe, secure and controlled location.

1.6

Digitised Lineside Inspections

Ongoing research into techniques for visual inspection of lineside assets where are on foot access is prohibited and to reduce the need for manual inspections.

1.000

Maintenance by Automatic Control

Researching potential automated products (Robotics) that could perform operational activities.

2.000

Remote Boundary Condition Detection

Researching options in inspecting, monitoring and better understanding boundary failure. This will include remote systems that can alert to a gap or a break in the boundary where there is a risk from adjacent land use.

0.500

Vegetation Growth Rate Detection

Undertaking research into remote technologies that can work alongside current systems to identify growth rates of trees and provide proactive management plans.

0.500

Mining

Alternative Techniques and Materials for the Treatment of Mining Hazards

Researching alternative treatment techniques and materials for shallow mining and mine entry hazards.

0.100

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Fixed Monitoring Systems for Legacy Mining Sites

Developing a fixed monitoring system that can be used to monitor sub-surface movement or other precursors of mining failures on the railway network. The project will include a trial of the prototype in a railway environment included as part of the project.

0.060

Mining Hazard Failure mechanisms

Seeking to analyse and interpreted shallow mining failure data captured by Network Rail and third parties to provide a better understanding of the failure mechanisms.

0.200

Mining Records – Feasibility

Completing a feasibility study to identify the best practice and technology for managing Network Rail's mining records.

0.080

Monitoring Mining Hazards Using Mobile Equipment

Researching the potential for using train mounted geophysical equipment to identify and monitor shallow mine workings.

0.210

PROMETHEUS Borehole Deployable Robotic Laser Scanner

Developing a robotic laser scanner that can be deployed via a borehole. This will deliver improved assessment of the asset and allow better targeting of risk mitigation measures.

0.220

Understanding and Minimising the Potential Impact of Blast Induced Ground Vibration

Trialling remote monitoring equipment and develop a database and analysis tool to facilitate the capture and interrogation of ground vibration data. The data will be used to research the impact of ground vibration on railway infrastructure including tunnels and vulnerable rock slopes.

0.030

Structures

Metallic Bridge Fatigue Researching the correlation between load history of metallic structures and remaining fatigue life.

0.250

Panoptic Bridge Management

Assessing emerging bridge scanning technology articulated through UAV, photogrammetry, sonar, ultrasound, etc. to improve the quality and consistency of structures examinations. This builds on existing trials of UAV and research proposals for machine learning of defects in structures assets. Moving from using people to track to identify defects to machine learning with associated benefits for sustainability and capital investment as well as associated workforce and asset safety.

0.750

Structural Health Monitoring

Developing a suite of structural health monitoring tools to monitor the existing structures portfolio. The project will include; analysis of incoming data to identify patterns and trends to better understand bridge performance, behaviour and degradation, and the development and testing of a model to monitor bridges. The project will undertake trial operational bridges to validate these models.

1.400

Tunnels

Capability Assessment Tool for Tunnels

Developing techniques and tools to undertake tunnel strength assessment and adequately analyse and assess structural lining capacity. Together with the condition data that we already have, we will gain greater understanding of structural risk.

0.600

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Automated Tunnel Examinations (previously DIFCAM)

Automating the collection of accurate data on all structurally significant defects on tunnel lining. The project aims to replace tunnel detailed examinations on primary routes and will also investigate sub system inspections options.

2.000

Innovative Low Disruption Tunnel Renewals

Researching best practice for tunnel renewals with a view to minimising disruption to the operational network. The project will also research international solutions and consider all aspects that will give. The study will also allow guidance to be issued to project teams to allow informed decisions to be made regarding best practice options during tunnel enhancement projects.

0.300

2.3.2 Civils and Sustainability - in flight projects

Of the prioritised list there are 3 in flight projects:

· Mining records:

Y1 spend (£m) Activity start Activity end

Mining Records – Feasibility

£0.089 In flight 30/04/2019

Y1 CP6 Activities

Project delivery In progress 30/04/2019

Feasibility complete 30/04/2019 -

· PROMETHEUS Borehole Deployable Robotic Laser Scanner


PROMETHEUS Borehole Deployable Robotic Laser Scanner

£0.220 In flight Fri 01/01/21

Y1 CP6 Activities

Requirement documentation complete

12/02/2019

System requirements 12/02/2019 01/07/2019

System Architecture requirements

12/02/2019 01/07/2019

Control and data management approach

12/02/2019 01/07/2019

Test and evaluation criteria

12/02/2019 01/07/2019

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· Automated Tunnel Examinations (previously DIFCAM)

Y1 spend (£m)

Automated Tunnel Examinations (previously DIFCAM)

£1.600 In flight 30/12/2020

Y1 CP6 Activities

Scoping complete 01/04/2019


2.3.3 Civils and Sustainability - year 1 projects

In addition to the 3 in flight projects, Civils and Sustainability will focus on 12 projects prioritised for delivery within the first year of CP6.

• Embankment Traffic Loading

In Authority Y1 spend (£m) Activity start Activity end

Embankment Traffic Loading

£0.153 01/04/2019 30/03/2023

Y1 CP6 Activities

Project scoping In progress 02/02/2018


Issue tender documentation

01/07/2019

Procurement 01/07/2019 28/10/2019

Project delivery 28/10/2019 30/03/2023

• Digital Drainage


Digital Drainage £2.272 01/04/2019 30/03/2022

Y1 CP6 Activities




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• Drainage Theatre


Drainage Theatre £0.800 01/04/2019 30/03/2021

Y1 CP6 Activities



Project Delivery 01/042019 30/03/2021

• Earthwork Stabilisation Using Electrokinetics


Earthwork Stabilisation Using Electrokinetics

£0.470 01/04/2019 30/03/2023

Y1 CP6 Activities

Scoping complete 01/04/2019 01/04/2019

Trial site and install monitoring

01/04/2019 01/09/2019

Embankment traffic loading delivery

01/09/2019 30/03/2023

• Panoptic Bridge Management


Panoptic Bridge Management

£0.272 01/04/2019 01/04/2024

Y1 CP6 Activities

Project scoping 01/03/2019 01/05/2019



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• Digitised Lineside Inspections


Digitised Lineside Inspections

£0.500 01/09/19 29/03/2024

Y1 CP6 Activities

Project scoping 19/03/2019 19/09/2019



• The Real Cost of Weather Resilience and Climate Change Events


The Real Cost of Weather Resilience and Climate Change Events

£0.167 01/07/2019 30/03/2021

Y1 CP6 Activities

Project scoping 20/03/2019 01/07/2019



• Mapping Asset Criticality & Weather Resilience and Climate Change Vulnerability


Mapping Asset Criticality & Weather Resilience and Climate Change Vulnerability

£0.667 01/07/2019 30/03/2021

Y1 CP6 Activities

Project scoping 20/03/2019 01/07/2019



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• National Aerial Survey


National Aerial Survey £1.600 01/10/2019 30/09/2022

Y1 CP6 Activities

Scoping complete TBC

• Structural Health Monitoring


Structural Health Monitoring

£0.280 01/09/2019 29/03/2024

Y1 CP6 Activities

Project scoping 22/02/2019


• Lifts and Escalators IOT Remote Condition Monitoring


Lifts and Escalators IOT Remote Condition Monitoring

£0.500 01/07/2019 30/03/2022

Y1 CP6 Activities




• Non-destructive Testing for Hidden Critical Elements


Non-destructive Testing for Hidden Critical Elements

£0.500 01/08/2019 29/08/2023

Y1 CP6 Activities


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2.4 Future Communications and Train Control




Command, Control and Signalling

Target 190+ Programme of works delivering multiple projects looking at 4 themes:

Communications: Demonstrate and validate the suitability of Future Rail Mobile Communications Systems (FMRCS) being developed by the Shift2Rail Programme for GB rail.

Efficient Scheme Design, Simulation and Open Architecture: Development and deployment of Digital Railway Systems leading to the requirement for an Integrated Modelling Facility (System of Systems) with the capability for Rail System Enterprise Architecture and Data modelling.

ETCS L3 with Automatic Train Operation (ATO): Development of ETCS Level 3 with ATO as the next developmental stage from the ETCS Level 3 "Hybrid" solution, removing complex infrastructure, simplify signalling design and improved localisation. Will also require the development of an Operational Rules Safety Case.

Traffic Management and Timetable Development: Development of the traffic management system and associated timetabling requirements of the Traffic Management System i.e. format, robustness, granularity, resilience, performance etc.

80.000

Degraded Mode Working System (COMPASS)

Deliver an approved, affordable and operationally demonstrated Degraded Mode Working System (DMWS) available for Routes/Train Operators to procure and deploy.

10.000

Data and Information

ENRICH - Enhanced Network Rail Information and data interCHange

Programme of works looking at:

Distributed Ledger (Blockchain): Researching 2 distinct studies Study 1 - Research into blockchain data systems that can either be seamlessly integrated into the current development stack, allowing all Signalling Innovation Group’s standalone tools to interact with a single source of truth. Study 2 An assessment of areas within the Railway industry where blockchain could be utilised, technical assessment utilising a POC based on Raspberry PIs to understand the technical parameters and observations and recommendations.

Unified API (Access Point Interface): As part of the Joint Rail Data Action Plan there is a recommendation to have a unified Access Point Interface for industry data.

Data Sandbox (Performance modelling): Completing five ongoing pieces of research which are looking at data models to better predict reactionary delay and dwell time variations. This funding is provision for future development of the studies through the RIRLs.

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Implementation RCM (T1010): This project will look to take the ongoing T1010 Remote Condition Monitoring project forward to full industrialisation.

Rail Data Marketplace: Research the business model and development of the platform necessary to generate an internal market for data sharing within Network Rail.

Information Lifecycle Management (Information Asset Register)

Develop policies & standards for data storage, usage, transmission and retention and identify the IAR supplier and detailed design initiated.

3.000

Location Data and Site Geofencing to Maintenance Vehicles

This project seeks to provide maintenance vehicle planners and operators with accurate and readily available information of worksites on the infrastructure by developing mapping and geofencing and virtual track map applications to planners.

2.000

Network Model Track Centre Line

Exploring how the TCL could be shared within the industry to build a platform for data sharing and a single model of the network.

2.000

VALISE Delivering a Dependable Positioning Module (DPM) that builds on GNSS 'virtual balises' concepts. The DPM will augment the VTPS to provide a real-time, dependable, track-precise location suitable for safety-related applications (e.g. TSR or SDO). A lab-based VTPS/DPM demonstrator will be built and a concept safety argument developed for its certification as a SIL2 system.

0.040

System Operations

ETCS Structural Assessment

Development of structural assessment methodologies and tools to facilitate the introduction of ETCS.

0.250

ETCS/ERTMS Opportunities (Passive and Active crossings)

Investigating how to exploit ETCS/DR train-based location information from ETCS to derive consistent and accurate train arrival times and automatic crossing operation with reduced infrastructure based striking and detection.

0.700

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2.4.2 Future Communications and Train Control - in flight projects

Of the prioritised list there are 2 in flight projects and 5 further projects from Target190plus. Target190plus is shown as 1 item in the summary tables within this document.

· Target 190+


Target 190+ (Communications, Efficient scheme design, Simulation and Open Architecture & Traffic Management and Timetable Development)

£5.729

01/04/2019 17/03/2025

Y1 CP6 Activities

Generic System Architecture (RCA)

£1.606 01/01/2019 01/03/2024

GB Enterprise Architecture

£1.252 01/01/2020 01/12/2023

Generic Design £1.592 01/04/2019 01/09/2023

Asset info efficient collection

£0.767 01/04/2019 01/12/2023

CCS in the BIM Environment

£0.512 01/07/2019 01/09/2022

· DMWS


DMWS £5.000 In flight 30/03/2022

Y1 CP6 Activities


· VALISE


VALISE £0.040 In flight 02/10/2023

Y1 CP6 Activities


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2.4.3 Future Communications and Train Control - year 1 projects

In addition to the in flight project, Future Comms and Train Control will focus on 3 projects prioritised for delivery within the first year of CP6.




£3.000 01/04/2019 30/03/2020

Y1 CP6 Activities

Project Scoping In progress 01/07/2019



· Target 190+


Target 190+ (Communications, Efficient scheme design, Simulation and Open Architecture & Traffic Management and Timetable Development)

£6.869 01/04/2019 17/03/2025

Y1 CP6 Activities

Structure of CCS Organisation for CP6 including Mobilisation Plan

£0.129 01/04/2019 01/10/2019

Matched Funding Coordination

£0.114 01/04/2019 01/07/2019

DATA/Mathematical assurance processes

£0.256 01/10/2019 01/12/2022

Network Change £0.057 01/01/2019 01/09/2022

National Business Continuity Policy

£0.512 01/04/2019 01/12/2021

ATO £0.512 01/04/2019 01/12/2021

National Standard generic operational Principles

£0.995 01/07/2019 01/03/2023

Standard generic operational rules (RCA)

£0.995 01/07/2019 01/03/2023

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Generic Interface & Boundary Definitions

£0.341 01/07/2019 01/03/2022

Whole Life Cost profile £0.171 01/07/2019 01/12/2022

190plus Assurance Process

£0.171 01/10/2019 01/12/2022

Train Parameters and Interfaces

£0.512 01/10/2019 01/03/2023

Procurement £0.171 01/10/2019 01/12/2022

Generic Validation modules from each supplier – Product acceptance including modules, tools etc

£0.171 01/07/2019 01/12/2023

Generic Operational Concept (update to DR L2)

£0.085 01/10/2019 01/06/2022

National Values (Dynamic Monitoring)

£0.085 01/10/2019 01/03/2023

Option selection rules £0.171 01/10/2019 01/03/2023

Communications Strategy (GSM-R, GPRS, FRMS, CPG, NIMBUS)

£0.227 01/10/2019 01/06/2022

Timetable £0.568 01/10/2019 01/12/2023

Traffic Management £0.512 01/10/2019 01/12/2023

Application Project Test & Commissioning Handbook

£0.114 01/01/2020 01/09/2023

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· ENRICH - Enhanced Network Rail Information and data interCHange


ENRICH - Enhanced Network Rail Information and data interCHange

£3.000 01/04/2019 17/03/2025

Y1 CP6 Activities

Data Sandbox (performance modelling)

£2.000 In flight 29/03/2024


RIRL 3 15/05/2019

Next stage scoping 15/05/2019 01/10/2019

Rail Data Marketplace £0.000 01/04/2020 30/03/2023

Implementation RCM (T1010)

£1.000 13/09/2019 29/03/2024


Investment panel 13/09/2019


Unified API £0.000 01/04/2020 29/03/2024

Distributed Ledger (Blockchain)

£0.000 01/04/2020 29/03/2024

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2.5 Reliable and Sustainable Power




Contact Systems

Advanced inspection methods for contact wire cracking

Developing advanced inspection methods and probes to inspect contact wires and identify cracks and defects.

1.000

Development of Conductor Rail Measurement System and TRIME (Third Rail Impact Measurement Equipment)

Enhancing the conductor rail measurement and data collection system through the addition of thermal imaging on the unit and within the reporting tools required. The project will also look at commercialising the TRIME system to be used on in-service trains, the system for getting the data from the units to a central point and the front-end tool to allow the data to be used and interrogated.

0.500

In Line Neutral Section Design Improvements and Monitoring

Prototyping and developing solutions for OLE neutral sections. The project aims to develop a new concept design to enhance the design life and reducing the maintenance frequencies thereby increasing the asset life and reliability of neutral sections. The project also aims to develop remote condition monitoring solution to understand condition and deterioration real time, thereby improving asset life and sustainability.

1.700

OLE Dynamic Interface Pattern Recognition

Taking forward the proof of concept developed in CP5 by Network Rail and Oxford university, for the use of pattern recognition software for analysing the pantograph / OLE dynamic interface.

2.500

OLE Dynamic Modelling Creating a digital model to perform dynamic simulations of all pantograph configurations and provide structural and gauging outputs which will enable the industry to identify areas with high risk across the network.

7.000

Distribution

Automated Isolation & Earthing

Developing processes to deliver safer and faster isolations through remote securing, remote earth verification, electronic permitting and process automation.

13.000

Circuit Breaker Trip Monitoring

Developing either the SCADA system and/or the protection relay equipment to remotely monitor circuit breaker operation times, trend the results automatically and provide early indication if degradation of the mechanism is detected.

0.400

Configuration Management System for E&P Intelligent Assets

Creating an E&P configuration management system to manage data, files and links between systems, sub-systems, sites, assets, and components.

3.000

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HV Asset Continuous Online Partial Discharge Monitoring

Reviewing and reporting on current research and development work on partial discharge, including state of the art as well as existing supply chain. Prepare guidance on the use of partial discharge as an asset management tool within Network Rail, including providing asset condition information.

1.000

Inline Condition Monitoring of OLE System Uplift / Line Tension.

Developing a condition monitoring system that is actively monitoring the various geometrical parameters of the OLE such as Line tension, uplift, stagger etc and shall feed the state of such to the maintainer and act as a switch in case loss of tension occurs due to retirement.

1.500

Level Crossing Power Supplies

Developing a solution to increase the resilience of electrical power suppliers at level crossings.

0.400

Signalling Power Supply Quality Monitoring Capability

Working with the supply chain to develop the necessary low-cost sensor technology for deployment in PSPs and other signalling power supply points. It would include the development of algorithms to measure, quantify and trend incoming power quality problems using techniques such as voltage/current signature analysis.

2.000

UPS Online Battery Condition Monitoring

Reviewing existing and emerging condition monitoring technologies for batteries and an assessment made as to the most suitable options for UPS application for the rail environment.

1.000

UPS Vendor Agnostic Remote Monitoring

Developing a standard approach to interfacing with UPS systems which benefit from remote monitoring and control capabilities without requiring multiple vendor specific monitoring platforms.

1.000

Electrical Safety and Wiring Degradation

Researching the degradation rates of cables of differing constructions and operating conditions to determine accurate life expectancies. Subsequently developing a paper on the optimised asset life profiles of wiring systems and appropriate asset management strategies to achieve these.

0.500

Rolling Stock

NR Fleet Ultra Low Emission Vehicle Transition

Delivering the transition of the Network Rail vehicle fleet to Ultra-Low Emission Vehicles, including larger vans and lorries and the application of necessary charging infrastructure.

0.250

Operation of OTM Outside of Possession / in Traffic with ETCS

Quantifying the effect on performance of setting up and handing back possessions and the constraint of access time for key On-Track Machines (OTM), completes a feasibility study of using OTM outside a possession and determines operational changes, efficient and improved method for signalling operation.

0.800

Optimal Traction Energy Strategy

Development of Network Rails contribution to the whole industry strategy of carbon reduction, this will allow Network Rail to act as an informed collaborator with the industry

6.000

Electric Traction Supply Infrastructure

Development of solutions to provide cost efficient power to the rail infrastructure potentially through renewable power generation,

4.500

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Innovations (for OLE and conductor rail)

reducing the cost of distributing the energy or discreate electrification.

Cost Efficient Electrification for existing technologies.

Research and development into ways to reduce the cost of electrification in design, build and maintenance.

4,500

2.5.2 Reliable and Sustainable Power - in flight projects

Of the prioritised list there are no in flight projects.

2.5.3 Reliable and Sustainable Power - year 1 projects

Reliable and Sustainable Power will focus on 7 projects prioritised for delivery within the first year of CP6.

• OLE Dynamic Interface Pattern Recognition


OLE Dynamic Interface Pattern Recognition

£0.500 01/04/2019 30/03/2021

Y1 CP6 Activities


Investment panel date 24/05/2019


• UPS Online Battery Condition Monitoring


UPS Online Battery Condition Monitoring

£0.300 01/04/2019 30/03/2021

Y1 CP6 Activities




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• Optimal Traction Energy Strategy


Optimal Traction Energy Strategy

£1.000 01/04/2019 29/09/2023

Y1 CP6 Activities




• OLE Dynamic Modelling


OLE Dynamic Modelling £0.500 01/04/2020 30/06/2022

Y1 CP6 Activities


Investment Panel 13/09/2019

Project Delivery 13/09/2019 30/06/2022

• Electric Traction Supply Infrastructure Innovations


Electric Traction Supply Infrastructure Innovations

£0.200 23/08/2019

Y1 CP6 Activities



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• Cost Efficient Electrification


Cost Efficient Electrification

£0.150 23/08/2019

Y1 CP6 Activities



• Advanced Inspection Method for Contact Wire Cracking


Advanced Inspection Method for Contact Wire Cracking

£0.300 19/07/2019

Y1 CP6 Activities



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2.6 Safety, Security and Operations




Level Crossings Reliability

Computer (PLC) Based Crossing Controllers

Developing modular and reconfigurable platform with open data and power interfaces to reduce design process cost and minimise lineside infrastructure.

0.500

Level Crossing Asset Management Data Tools

Seeking to build on the CP5 work on the Level Crossing (LX) Asset Information Specification (AIS) and the first-generation LX DST and the Intelligent Infrastructure programme to centralise and automate the collection, management, analysis and access of LX data on an enterprise architecture platform to optimise and evidence intervention decisions at level crossings including potential closure.

2.350

Level Crossing Clear Video Analytics

Investigating the use of video analytics to assist the signaller crossing clear decision.

0.700

Level Crossing Obstacle Detection

Investigating alternative technologies to replace the existing system and reduce equipment, design, installation and configuration costs.

0.300

Modular Replaceable Components and Refined Delivery Processes for Level Crossings

Network Rail will specify core functionality in a common architecture with open interfaces and physical and performance and environmental requirements.

1.300

Next Generation Barrier Machine (inc - Barrier Boom Wind Effects)

Developing a barrier machine to deliver a step change in reliability with built in self-monitoring and diagnostics for remote inspection reducing maintenance and consistent with the modular open interface architecture.

0.875

Renewable Energy Sources for Level Crossings

Investigating low cost, sustainable power supplies for rural level crossings locations including a feasibility study, product specification and development of a demonstrator.

0.300

Level Crossings Safety

AHB+ Seeking to proposes, develop and implement a trial of feasible solution(s) which reduces the risks of user human error or deliberate user misuse at Automatic Half Barrier Crossings (AHBC).

0.731

Interfaced Overlay Miniature Stop Lights

Allowing for an Overlay MSL system to be deployed at a crossing with signals in the strike in area, through the addition of an interface between the crossing equipment and the signalling system.

0.500

Improved Level Crossing Signage

Reducing the likelihood of incidents at Level Crossings due to user confusion.

0.100

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Meerkat Providing a low-cost active warning device that can be deployed to footpath and bridleway level crossings, to aid users in deciding whether it is safe to cross the railway.

0.082

Power Operated Gate Openers Next Gen

Develop a revised PA process to improve reliability of the product and respond to RAIB recommendations directly linked to this piece of equipment.

0.100

Power Operated Gate Openers Life Extension & Miniature Stop Lights link

Linking two pieces of equipment, POGOs that reduce the required number of Level Crossing traverses to cross with a vehicle from 5 to 1 and MSLs to provide a visual warning that it is safe to cross.

0.150

Operations

Adhesion Improvements Solutions to improve the adhesion between the railhead and train wheels during autumn. Includes use of microwaves, enhanced sanders and adhesion modifiers. The work is linked to the RSSB Cross industry ADHERE programme and the Adhesion Research Group who are running a competition on forecasting Adhesion issues.

3.000

Drone Unmanned Traffic Management System

Enabling a fleet of drones deployable on Network Rail infrastructure in response to operational incidents to fly beyond line of sight and to designate air above the Network Rail operational boundary.

0.200

On-Train Detection of Obstructions on Line

Developing a solution for obstruction detection to aid train drivers to react faster by conducting feasibility to determine if technology can be developed for obstruction detection at an adequate distance and speed, with consideration to the infrastructure layout.

1.000

Enhanced Sanding Seeking to carry out full scale trials on enhanced sanders to validate that changes to sanding rates do.

1.000

Security

Security Surveillance Analytics

Assessing loitering and anomalous behaviour through CCTV analytics to identify suspicious behaviours to alert staff to potential terrorist threats, criminal activity and suicide risk at stations.

6.000

Intelligent CCTV - Station and CNI Secure Zones

Research the deployment of CCTV virtual fence and alarm systems to alert staff to unauthorised intrusion into restricted (non-public) area of the station. The system will seek to detect and respond to actual or suspected terrorist or criminal activity (trespass, staff assault etc.) to protect the public and staff.

3.500

Prevention of Hostile Trespass - Platform end and Edge

Exploring leaky feeder and IOT modes combined with directional speakers to detect and deter incursion at platform end and edge. 5.700

Prevention of Hostile Trespass - Worksite Protection

Exploring leaky feeder to detect incursion at sensitive sites for worksite protection. 4.000

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Suicide Prevention

Suicide Prevention - Ideation - Stop Rail Being the Method of Choice

Research to explore why rail is at the top of the suicide ideation menu for many and how this option can either be removed or re-positioned so that rail is not their first consideration.

0.200

Workforce Safety

Development of Enhanced Modelling and Assessment Approaches for Operations Workload Risk

Academic and applied research on operational cognitive and physical workload is required to underpin and develop tools for measuring and predicting operational workload. This will combine research on modelling methods and mechanisms to validate predictions, including use biometric technologies.

0.600

Fatigue Health Monitoring

Exploring some form of "opt in" health monitoring such as wearable technology. The project will seek to build on the RailLife TOC 6 project run by Thales and Northern Rail.

0.100

Signal Controlled Warning System

Developing and trialling a high integrity Signal Controlled Warning system (SCWS), a nationwide high integrity track worker warning system that includes a mobile unit and a ROC based control system.

15.000

Technology to Reduce Manual Handling Risk

Seeking to develop proof of concept trialling of technologies that will assist in mechanising or reducing the risks of manual handling across the network. The project will focus on the equipment, operations and environments that are rated as the most challenging and/or which have resulted in the highest number of injuries. It will seek to deliver technology transfer from other sectors where possible.

0.750

2.6.2 Safety, Security and Operations - in flight projects


· Meerkat


Meerkat £0.240 In flight 30/10/2019

Y1 CP6 Activities


RIRL 6 30/10/2019

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· AHB+


AHB+ £0.681 In flight 30/03/2020

Y1 CP6 Activities

User behaviour study In progress 01/06/2019

Functional requirement spec

In progress 01/07/2019

Generic safety case In progress 14/05/2019

Deployment commissioned

01/01/2020 30/03/2020

· Signal Controlled Warning System


Signal Controlled Warning System

£1.250 In flight 31/04/22

Y1 CP6 Activities

Feasibility 01/04/2019 01/04/2020

Design 01/04/2020 01/04/2022

· Prevention of Hostile Trespass Platform End & Edge


Prevention of hostile Trespass - Platform End & Edge

£1.140 In flight 29/12/2023

Y1 CP6 Activities


Feasibility complete 01/07/2019

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2.6.3 Safety, Security and Operations - year 1 projects

In addition to the 4 in flight projects, Safety, Security and Operations will focus on 11 projects prioritised for delivery within the first year of CP6.

· Interfaced Overlay Miniature Stop Lights


Interfaced Overlay Miniature Stop Lights

£0.025 01/04/2019 30/03/2020

Y1 CP6 Activities


Trial site 01/04/2019 01/10/2019

Product acceptance 01/10/2019

Tender completed 01/12/2019 01/12/2019

· Improved Level Crossing Signage


Improved Level Crossing Signage

£0.100 01/04/2019 30/03/2022

Y1 CP6 Activities


· Security Surveillance Analytics


Security Surveillance Analytics

£2.142 01/06/2019 30/03/2022

Y1 CP6 Activities


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· Level Crossing Obstacle Detection


Level Crossing Obstacle Detection

£0.007 01/04/2019 01/03/2021

Y1 CP6 Activities

Training impact assessment

01/04/2019 01/01/2020

Contract award 01/04/2019

Develop prototype 01/04/2019 01/01/2020

Trial 01/01/2020 01/03/2021

Product acceptance 01/03/2021

· Power Operated Gate Openers Life Extension & Miniature Stop Lights Link


Power Operated Gate Openers Life Extension & Miniature Stop Lights Link

£0.150 01/04/2019 30/03/2020

Y1 CP6 Activities


· Computer (PLC) Based Crossing Controllers


Computer (PLC) Based Crossing Controllers

£0.178 Mon 01/04/19 30/03/2023

Y1 CP6 Activities

Scoping complete TBC

· Level Crossing Asset Management Data Tools


Level Crossing Asset Management Data Tools

£0.470 01/04/2020 01/03/2024

Y1 CP6 Activities

Scoping complete 01/04/2020 01/03/2024

Project delivery

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· Level Crossing Clear Video Analytics


Level Crossing Clear Video Analytics

£0.350 01/04/2020 01/12/2020

Y1 CP6 Activities

Contract award 01/07/2019

Proof of concept 01/07/2019 01/12/2019

Product approval, business case and showcase

01/12/2019 01/12/2020

· Suicide Prevention - Ideation - Stop Rail Being the Method of Choice


Suicide Prevention - Ideation - Stop Rail Being the Method of Choice

£0.200 01/06/2019 01/04/2020

Y1 CP6 Activities


· Enhanced Sanding


Enhanced Sanding £0.200 01/06/2019 01/04/2020

Y1 CP6 Activities


· Power Operated Gate Openers Next Gen


Power Operated Gate Openers Next Gen

£0.100 01/04/2019 30/03/2020

Y1 CP6 Activities


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2.7 Track Maintenance and Plant




Maintenance

Long-Term Workbank and RAMP Tool

Changing the way that we manage our capital workbanks, removing spreadsheet working and instead recording planned work against appropriate asset records in our asset management system. Delivery of capex work will still be managed using existing tools within IP, but RAMs will get better visibility of project status by pulling in data from Oracle Projects (OP).

1.900

PhD - Optimising Maintenance - Southampton Uni

Exploring an “Eliminate, predict & prevent approach to risk-based maintenance”, utilising Big Data including asset inventories, fixed & on-board monitoring data and external sources of relevant data.

0.144

Work Delivery Planning Transforming the way that we plan work in a number of ways:-

1. We will change the planning process so that cyclic maintenance

work orders are generated earlier, which will enable robust planning

of work 12+ weeks ahead of delivery

2. We will review possession / MST alignment and update

frequencies / synchronise dates, and where required amend

possession areas / cycles to better reflect the work that we need to

do

3. We will integrate our asset management system with resource

planning systems (possessions, rosters, plant, ect) so that work can

be linked when the resource is booked. This will enable us to identify

issues if the resource becomes unavailable e.g. if a possession is

cancelled, the planner will know that they need to re-plan how the

work will be delivered.

4. We will implement planning and optimisation tools, which will

automatically generate a plan based on resource capacity and work

delivery constraints (e.g. work can't be pushed back if an asset

becomes non-compliant).

5. To increase safety, we will develop tools to automatically generate

PICOP packs / Weekly Engineering Notice (WEN) packs using linked

possession / line blockage information.

1.700

Plant

Autonomous Plant (On-Track Plant (OTP) & Rail Mounted Maintenance Machine (RMMM))

This project will deliver a specification for autonomous On-Track Plant and Rail Mounted Maintenance Machines for the supply chain to deliver against. This may include bolt-on systems that can detect and control a machines movement, enabling remote control of the plant.

0.250

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Portable Transportable On-Track Plant (OTP) Track Access System

This project will explore and develop a solution for rapid temporary access deployment for Rail Road Vehicles (RRVs) using equipment which can be easily transported with the plant and assembled / disassembled. The project aims to deliver a prototype solution for existing RRVs and define the specification for future On-Track Plant to include portable track access systems.

0.150

Robotic Inspection and Maintenance Vehicle (Robotic Repair of Railhead Squats)

Developing a build, a modular repair system for track.

4.000

Virtual Reality Training - Plant Operational Competence

Developing a virtual reality system for training and assess specific On-Track-Plant operations competences. 2.000

S&C Laser Robot Carry out a feasibility study of the capabilities of the Loccioni Felix S&C laser profiling system to operate on switches and crossings on Network Rail Infrastructure. This will confirm the capability gaps with the current system and identify the development requirements to enable the system to operate on the various S&C types installed on Network Rail infrastructure.

This will also enable the system to be configured to meet the measuring and derailment hazard identification requirements required to meet the RAIB recommendation requirements

0.400

Remote Condition Monitoring

Alternative Gauging Methodology

Assessing exploitation of big data to provide improved certainty of gauging measurements, investigates the avoidance of structure works for train introduction and improve global probabilistic modelling of vehicles to reduce the conservatism in gauging calculations and structural clearances.

8.000

Digital Twin (Data centric railway)

Researching the current maturity of a data centric railway (Digital Twin) within Network Rail and to provides a blueprint and roadmap for future development given future funding from Shift2Rail AWP18.

0.150

Embedded Monitoring Development of monitoring solutions for active level crossings, busbars and earthworks. Data collected will be further exploited through the EBAK (Predict and Prevent Analytics) and Ellipse (Asset Health Management) work packages.

1.000

Higher Speed Rail Flaw Detection

Research project to demonstrate the feasibility of implementing alternative sensoring methods to allow higher speed inspections.

1.000

Predicting Failures & Degradation

Providing an analysis platform that has a standard set of tools capable of delivering all our analysis needs, including health assessment, prognostic assessment, and advisory generation. It will integrate data from multiple systems, including detailed near real-time condition monitoring data, and align measurement data to locations / assets.

11.500

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S&C Measurement Train Development of the current S&C inspection vehicle (MPV) to allow the collection of additional asset data to reduce the amount of manual inspection and measurement required at and around S&C. This development will enhance further technologies (FELIX S&C inspection robot) to fit onto a train borne vehicle capable of high-speed measurement to improve system efficiency and deliver safety benefit.

10.000

System Model and Asset Criticality

We will create a ‘Virtual Railway’ model that identifies how individual assets contribute to the railway-as-a-system, including the expected operational performance and safety impact of a specific asset failing. An enhanced system model informs the expected performance and safety impact of a specific asset failing.

7.800

Unattended Measurement Exploring methods to reduce reliance on the dedicated Infrastructure Monitoring (IM) fleet to collect asset data and implement predict and prevent railway.

2.600

FOAS – Fibre Optics Acoustic Sensing

Develop improvements to the fundamental optical technology that acoustic sensing is built upon

1.000

IOT - LoRWAN (Long Range Wireless Attenuated Network)

Develop a LoRaWAN demonstrator activity at RIDC Melton are to assess its networking performance in a representative railway setting.

0.030

Trainborne Asset Monitoring

This project will deliver the capture and evaluation of data corresponding to the health of Balises, axle counter and track circuit monitoring. The final report and corresponding data will provide evidence this technology, in its current state, is fit for purpose or whether any additional development is required for it to be regarded as being at RIRL 6.

0.500

Track

High Speed Rail Profiling Research and development into more effective and efficient rail profile treatment applications.

0.500

HPSS Developments and Redeployment (for Various Applications: In-bearer Designs, Fault Tolerance and Wider Use)

Developing combined S&C and POE asset policies to deliver future renewals that comply with European TSI (Technical Specification for Interoperability) requirements.

0.750

Induction Welding Developing a multi-use semi-automated induction welding machine that can fit within the constraints of S&C, allowing a weld to be produced with no effect on rail alignment, maintaining the existing geometry.

0.500

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Modular Bearer Joint Redevelopment

Defining the development of strategy, methodology, and standards relating to S&C bearer joints to eliminate the current installation and design issues, increase reliability, safety, performance and reduce component failure.

1.600

Optimised Track Formation Treatments

Developing the materials, construction and monitoring knowledge needed to construct a high-performance ballast-less track system. This project’s vision is to produce a more resilient, longer life infrastructure, reducing the need for frequent maintenance, improving availability and whole life cost (WLC).

3.050

Preventing Rail Squats Identifying the root causes of rail head squats will help to provide greater visibility of the features in the trackform that can result in squats. Additionally, further research should help identify sections of track at greater risk of squat defects developing and help maintenance engineers develop preventative maintenance strategies to minimise the growth of squats.

0.500

Research Into Resilient Rail Track Systems to Withstand Climate Change

Helping to develop a fundamental understanding of rail stress and track asset resilience to extremes of hot weather because of climate change.

0.150

Review and Improvement of Weld Repair Process for S&C

Reviewing our S&C replacement strategy to reduce the need for reactive maintenance, including research into new insitu repair methodologies such as additive repair processes for S&C.

1.500

Track Ex Development Improving modelling and prediction capability of rail damage and deterioration to improve decision making and rail management.

0.100

TSR/ESR Board Design and Positioning

Creation of a software system capable of producing approved ESR/TSR designs.

1.750

Dynamic Train Stiffness This project will design, manufacture and install additional axle box accelerometers and replace failed axle box accelerometers on the New Measurement Train measure areas of track stiffness. Understanding the level of track stiffness across the network will improve the asset management of track enabling predictive & preventative strategies to be formulated. The project will derive thresholds for absolute and relative change of track stiffness against different track categories. By combining the acceleration measurements with current track geometry recording data and IP Falling Weight Deflectometer records, the output for track stiffness measured by a trainborne vehicle can be validated.

0.300

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2.7.2 Track, Maintenance and Plant - in flight projects


• Induction Welding


Induction Welding £0.477 In flight 30/03/2020

Y1 CP6 Activities

Project delivery In progress Mon 30/03/20

• S&C Laser Robot


S&C Laser Robot £0.400 In flight 29/02/2020

Y1 CP6 Activities


• Trainborne Asset Monitoring


Trainborne Asset Monitoring £0.500 In flight 31/10/2019

Y1 CP6 Activities


• Modular Bearer Joint redevelopment


Modular Bearer Joint redevelopment £0.400 In flight 30/03/2022

Y1 CP6 Activities


• Dynamic Train Stiffness


Dynamic Train Stiffness £0.300 In flight 31/12/2019

Y1 CP6 Activities


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2.7.3 Track, Maintenance and Plant - year 1 projects

Track, Maintenance and Plant will focus on 15 projects prioritised for delivery within the first year of CP6.

· Predicting Failures & Degradation


Predicting Failures & Degradation

£1.500 Mon 01/04/19 Wed 30/03/22

Y1 CP6 Activities




· Virtual Reality Training - Plant Operational Competence


Virtual Reality Training - Plant Operational Competence

£0.175 26/04/2019 30/03/2020

Y1 CP6 Activities




· Digital Twin (Data centric railway)


Digital Twin (Data centric railway)

£0.500 26/04/2019 30/03/2021

Y1 CP6 Activities




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· Robotic Inspection and Maintenance Vehicle (Robotic Repair of Railhead Squats)


Robotic Inspection and Maintenance Vehicle (Robotic Repair of Railhead Squats)

£0.525 01/01/20 31/03/22

Y1 CP6 Activities




· Unattended Measurement


Unattended Measurement

£0.700 01/04/2019 29/09/2022

Y1 CP6 Activities




· Alternative Gauging Methodology


Alternative Gauging Methodology

£2.000 01/04/2019 31/03/2025

Y1 CP6 Activities




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· HPSS Developments and Redeployment (for Various Applications: In-bearer Designs, Fault Tolerance and Wider Use)


HPSS Developments and Redeployment (for Various Applications: In-bearer Designs, Fault Tolerance and Wider Use)

£0.200 26/04/2019 30/03/2020

Y1 CP6 Activities




· PhD - Optimising Maintenance - Southampton Uni


PhD - Optimising Maintenance - Southampton Uni

£0.0350 In flight 30/03/2022

Y1 CP6 Activities


· Embedded Monitoring


Embedded Monitoring £0.240 01/07/2019 30/03/2022

Y1 CP6 Activities



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· Higher Speed Rail Flaw Detection


Higher Speed Rail Flaw Detection

£0.300 01/10/2019 29/09/2023

Y1 CP6 Activities




· System Model and Asset Criticality


System Model and Asset Criticality

£1.200 10/05/2019 31/03/23

Y1 CP6 Activities


24/05/2019


· TSR/ESR Board Design and Positioning


TSR/ESR Board Design and Positioning

£0.100 21/06/2019 03/10/2023

Y1 CP6 Activities




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· S&C Measurement Train


S&C Measurement Train £1.400 01/04/2020 31/03/2022

Y1 CP6 Activities


· FOAS – Fibre Optics Acoustic Sensing


FOAS – Fibre Optics Acoustic Sensing

£0.250 01/04/2019 30/03/2023

Y1 CP6 Activities

Project scoping 01/04/2019 01/07/2019



· IOT -LoRWAN (Long Range Wireless Attenuated Network)


IOT -LoRWAN (Long Range Wireless Attenuated Network)

£0.010 01/07/2019 30/03/2023

Y1 CP6 Activities




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2.8 Shift2Rail

The Shift2Rail is the first European rail initiative to seek focused Research and Innovation (R&I) and market-driven solutions by accelerating the integration of new and advanced technologies into innovative rail product solutions. The full detail on the purpose and mission is clarified within the Shift2Rail website.

To improve completeness across the railway industry the Shift2Rail programme has selected 5 Innovation programmes to focus the R&D efforts on targeted modes of railways.


IP2 - Advanced Traffic Management & Control Systems

IP2 focuses on Control, Command, and Communication Systems with a focus on taking them beyond train separation and planned movements to a flexible, real-time, intelligent traffic management and decision support system.

3.000

IP1 - Cost-efficient and reliable trains, including high capacity trains and high-speed trains

IP1 will support the introduction the future generation of passenger train by finding innovative modular solutions, developing ways to extend rolling stock lifetime, enhancing the means to retrofit new and emerging technologies, and ensuring that networks can support the operation of these vehicles by co-operating across Shift2Rail Innovation Programmes.

1.000

IP3 - Cost Efficient and Reliable High Capacity Infrastructure

IP3 will enable a resilient, consistent, cost-efficient, high capacity and attractive European network by delivering operation critical research, development, and innovation for rail infrastructure. This will be achieved by the adoption of a whole system approach linking infrastructure and station design with maintenance actions, asset management and energy management.

8.000

IP4 - IT Solutions for Attractive Railway Services

IP4 wants to make rail a more attractive travel option by providing anytime, anywhere, door-to-door, intermodal journey options.

2.000

IP5 - Technologies for Sustainable and Attractive European Rail Freight

Freight Electrification, Brake and Telematics Access and Operation Right Wagon design. The Novel Terminal, Hubs, Marshalling yards, Sidings, New Freight Propulsion Concepts.

1.000

https://shift2rail.org/about-shift2rail/

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2.8.1 Shift2Rail - year 1 projects

Network Rail involvement to the programme of work has focused on 4 of the Investment Programmes IP 1 to 4, with plans for future engagements with IP5. Within each of the programmes 13 projects are being developed.

Task Name Y1 Spend (£m) Start Finish

S2R CCA (IP6) £0.039 - -

IP1 £0.017 In flight 30/09/2019

Pivot In flight 30/09/2019

IP2 £1.270 In flight 30/11/2021

X2RAIL-1 In flight 30/08/2019

X2RAIL-2 In flight 31/08/2020

X2RAIL-3 01/12/2018 30/11/2021

IP3 £1.026 In flight 31/08/2022

IN2SMART In flight 30/08/2019

IN2TRACK In flight 01/04/2019

IN2TRACK2 01/11/2018 30/04/2021

IN2STEMPO In flight 31/08/2022

IP4 £0.141 In flight 30/06/2022

MAASIVE 01/11/2018 26/02/2021

COHESIVE In flight 30/06/2022

CONNECTIVE In flight 30/06/2022

ATTRACKTIVE In flight 31/05/2019

CO-ACTIVE In flight 31/05/2019

Table of new year 1 projects (not yet in flight) to be added

MULTI ANNUAL PLAN - WhatDoTheyKnow

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