The industry must work together to build a simple, separated and sustainable railway in the post-Covid world, Network Rail’s North West & Central Region MD Tim Shoveller told the Golden Whistles conference.
Combined with the creation of Great British Railways and the outputs of the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, the emergence from the pandemic provides a once in a generation opportunity for the railway to change. This includes making the most of the operational expertise which exists within the industry, bringing organisations together so they can work to solve problems.
Operating challenges