This review’s aim was to determine if 1. Costs incurred for NR station projects are efficient and 2. NR is more expensive in station project delivery than other bodies.
In our study we assessed NR delivered footbridges and lift projects on stations, TOC delivered smaller scale improvements on stations and local government delivered new stations.
We found NR’s costs had improved over time and were favourable to other comparable industries, although we can’t say NR can’t be more efficient.
Due to the different type of station projects, and as NR recorded costs differently to other bodies, we can’t say whether there is a significant difference in their respective project costs. To overcome this we recommend that all publicly funded railway projects use a consistent methodology, namely RMM, to record their project costs.
This report relates to control period 5 (CP5), which covers the period from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2019.