UK Rail Market report is now available

The new report of UK Rail Market 2017 - published by Brook Reports - is an up-to-date guide of the country’s rail transport system and providing a concise overview of the structure of the sector in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Its content reflects not only the Britain’s development and the future programs in the railway system but outlines the most important decision of the government in developing and regulating the main line network in this area. Also covered in this report the summary of the latest status of Network Rail’s spending plans from 2014 to 2019 (Control Period 5), the timetable for Control Period 6, HS1 and the planned HS2 high speed line and the railways in Northern Ireland.

According to the report, the number of passenger journeys has reached a new record of 1.69 million increasing by 2% in the past year. The report also includes an overview of the status of passenger rails franchises, and the latest full year traffic figures.

The coverage of London Underground and its extension projects, the London Overground and Docklands Light Railway systems is either showed.

In this report, the brief of UK light rail and light metro system with the latest traffic figures, details of planned developments and the future procurement programs are also listed, plus coverage of principal train leasing companies and a sector-by-sector guide to leading suppliers to the UK Rail Market.

On the website, numerous links to key documents are provided enabling users to research specialist topics more deeply. The report’s contents generally reflect the status as at December 2016.