Stakeholder Management in the Rail Industry Course

Funding:

Stakeholder Management is not eligible for Apprentice levy funding.

Who is it for:

This course will demonstrate different Organisational Models in the rail industry, how UK has become familiar with the franchise model but this is (a) not universal and (b) still evolving.

Requirements for Study:

No specific requirements.

How does it work?

This rail industry stakeholder management course delivered face to face, take a day each and can be bought separately or together in pairs/series. Principles of the subject are introduced and case studies used in a group setting to share learning and optimise reactions and decision making.

For more information or to register your interest, please email learnserve@railwayoperators.co.uk

Course contents include:

Geography – function – product – market

• Horizontal / Vertical / Both
• Commercial or Social Railway
• Political Orientation
• Nationalised – within that hierarchical and matrix.
• Geographical / functional. Depends on size
• The social railway v commercial railway
• Political or non-political?

Access and Barriers to Access

• Opportunity v incentive v constraints v regulation v
• Why regulation?
• European Directives:
  • 91/440 (Ireland)
  • Three Railway Packages

Thoughts so far?

UK system:

• Specification + Incentives
• Who’s involved? Relationships
• Funders and Specifiers
• Network Rail HLOS / SoFA
• Role of DfT and ORR
• Minimum service levels,
• Premiums / subsidies
• Licences
• Access charges (track / fleet / station / depot)
• Knowing your costs:
• Projecting revenue
• Investment (and length of franchise

Who pays for what?

• What are we paying for?
• What controls are in place?

Investments:

• Sources of funding
• Network Rail as a CLG > reclassification
• Private Public Partnerships
• Private Finance Initiatives
• External Funding. Debt capital / equity capital

Conditions of Running a Train Company

Implementing a Franchise