RTS: HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED

RSSB’s Head of Strategy for the RTS Trevor Bradbury is inviting more suppliers to contribute to the development and delivery of the RTS.

This is because delivering on the 30-year strategy and the Capability Delivery Plan requires the co-ordinated effort of all parts of the rail industry and supply chain in order to succeed.

Bradbury and his delivery team continue to regularly meet with stakeholders and attend industry events but are requesting even further input in order to ensure that as many people as possible understand the RTS vision and have an opportunity to help shape it.

Further input is also needed to help meet emerging challenges such as cybersecurity and Digital Railway.

He says: “I am passionate about making this succeed and suppliers will be fundamental to that, which is why we’re taking it to a whole new level in the next Control Period.

“We’ll be doing things in a much bigger way and it will look markedly different while building on the foundations laid in CP5.

“The doors are open so please come and talk to us if you want to see a step change in UK rail capabilities. We’ve had some successes since 2012 and some things could have gone better, but we’ve learned a lot from CP5 in order to deliver better in CP6.”

Bradbury says that his team are currently gearing up to commence a new CP6 programme with a focus on getting new products through to market by looking at new commercial models, giving equal focus to industry readiness alongside technological readiness, and running more pathfinder projects that deliver whole system technology demonstrators.

If you want to speak to the delivery team or set up a meeting, email