Tomorrow's Railway and Climate Change Adaptation Final Report

5.15.2 Local or specific level recommendations
It is recommended that that the industry combines accurate ‘place’ and ‘time’ data with
systems interaction data and captures of knowledge held by individuals to inform both
local and corporate decision making.
It is recommended that that the industry ensures that all modelling is undertaken at an
appropriate level of resolution for the challenge being addressed.
5.15.3 Operational level recommendations
It is recommended that that any future GIS system should consider the GB Railway as an
integrated system perspective at the higher levels and as infrastructure assets at the
lower level. The higher level should address climate change while the lower considers
extreme weather event impacts.
It is recommended that that the industry moves towards integrating data from asset
condition, faults, delays and weather conditions so that a systemic picture can be drawn
upon in decision making.
It is recommended that that the industry ensures that any metric framework has the
capability to express the failure risk at individual asset level in terms of prevailing
weather conditions.
5.15.4 Strategic level recommendations
It is recommended that that the industry explores ‘Journey Availability’ as the critical
measure of GB Railway performance in guiding adaptation and asset management.
It is recommended that that the industry focuses attention on the long term adaptation
requirement within infrastructure policy.
It is recommended that that the industry develops a framework for integrated risk to
address performance from individual asset level through route level to national level
and makes assessments against a range of future weather conditions to show likely
performance.
5.15.5 Socio political level recommendations
It is recommended that that the industry establishes with government clear
expectations for performance, adaptation, resilience and reliability on all sides by:
• Establishing at the socio-political level a clear purpose and performance standard for
GB Railway connected to a commensurate funding regime; or
• Developing at the strategic level, possibly through RSSB, a deliverable strategy for
adaptation. All stakeholders would need to subscribe and commit to this through
their business plans and performance regimes and incentives.
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