To help with this work, we have held discussions with DfT, Network Rail, ROSCOs, manufacturers, and the Railway Industry Association (RIA) but this document has been prepared as ATOC’s own viewpoint on the issues rather than attempting to draw a full industry consensus. We intend to go forward through the development of a wider Rolling Stock Strategy, that we originally proposed, and which received support from Government in the recent Command Paper. The aim for the Strategy is to provide a guide to future opportunities, but it will not be prescriptive, and would be based around a.
