RAILWAY INDUSTRY TRAIN PLANNING LEVEL 2 TRAINING Module 2 - Who, What Why?

Train Planning

Five things to think about Do WE know WHAT we do ?

Do WE understand WHY we do it ?

Do WE know WHO we do it for ?

Do our CUSTOMERS know WHAT we do ?

Do our CUSTOMERS understand WHY we do it ?

Putting the Railway into perspective

Vital statistics • 20,000 miles of track • 34,000 train movements per day – 92% passenger 8% freight • 2,500 stations • Currently 20 (Franchised), 9 (Open Access) TOCs, and 5 principal FOCs

Network Rail

• Manages development and delivery of the timetabling process • Maintains and renews the network • Manages signalling • Prohibited from being a train operator

Train Operating Companies

• Currently 20 franchised passenger operators • 9 “Open Access” operators not operating under “franchise” conditions • That is without any Tax-payer support • All services shown in the National Rail Timetable (last ‘officially’ printed edition May 2007, now free on Network Rail web site).

• Generic term includes 5 principal Freight Operators

Train Operating Companies

• Three broad categories of train services • Long distance ‘Inter City’ • Regional • Commuter and suburban  (

Some TOCs cover all categories

) • Lease Rolling Stock from ROSCOs • Operate over Network Rail infrastructure

What is NR Operational Planning ?

• The activity concerned with planning and documenting the allocation of network capacity to all Railway Undertakings.

• Specifically within Network Rail it is the department dealing with – Timetable Planning • Track Access – Engineering Planning • Engineering Access

Operational Planning

• Works to processes set down in legislation and overseen by the ORR, DfT, etc • Impacts on Network Rail’s revenue stream –225,000 train paths every week –Selling un-used or ‘white space’, is a key activity • Has a major impact on TOCs income and costs • Plans access to the infrastructure for maintenance and renewal of the network

Network Rail Planning Inputs

• Network Code – Part D • Track Access Agreements • Geographic/diagrammatic maps of the network e.g. Sectional Appendix • Requests for Access • (Bids) • Maintenance and renewal strategies •

i.e what we need to do the job

Network Rail Planning Outputs

• Responses to access requests • Published Train Service Schedules (TSDB) • Working Timetables (WTT) • Public Timetables (NRT) • Weekly/Daily Amended Train Notices (WATN/DATN) • Weekly Operating Notice (WON) •

i.e what we produce

Network Rail Planning ‘Tools’

• Rules of the Route • Rules of the Plan • TrainPlan/ITPS • Bplan • Capacity Management system - Railsys • Possession Planning System - PPS •

i.e what we use to produce a plan

TOCs

• Inputs • Network Code • Access Agreements • Franchise requirements (SLCs/PSRs) • Outputs • Timetable specification • Supporting pocket timetables, etc • Meeting customers’ needs • Tools • Rules of the Route/Plan • Voyagerplan/TrainPlan • Bplan •

Therefore very much the same …………………….

W here does Operational Planning sit within N etwork Rail?

Ops & Customer Services Other Train Planning Centres Operational Planning PCAT

Major Projects & Investment Engineering

OPSU

Train Planning Centre

NAU

National Delivery Service

Route Directors General Managers Customer Relations Executives

Territory Maintenance Directors

TPC Organisation

Train Planning Centre Manager Capacity Allocation Manager Network Trains Manager Informed Traveller Manager Schedule Integrity Manager SNFC (Leeds only)

Sample TOC Organisation Chart

Head of Planning & Access Timetable Production Manager Timetable Production Assistant Amended Access Manager Timing Managers (STP) Timetable Planning Manager Planning Assistants (STP) Timetable Planning Assistant Service Planning Assistant

Module 2 Syndicate Questions

Q1. With which external bodies/customers does Q2.

NR Operational Planning work and in what way ?

Who are the customers of a Train Operator’s train plans ?

Q3. (a) Why is pleasing the customer so important (b) What does a customer want from a supplier ?