Delivering better outcomes faster
Delivering better outcomes faster
Following user feedback, we have changed the format of the Strategic Context Checklist, Strategic Narrative and Vision Tool templates so they are now DOCX instead of PDF. This means you can download the templates and fill them in directly. More…
On 11th February 2025, some of the Better Value Rail team gave a presentation to the ICE Railway Civil Engineers Association explaining the Better Value Rail toolkit. Here is a link to view the presentation on youtube: 11 Feb 2025…
The Capital Expenditure Range Finder Tool, which had previously not been working due to changes in Network Rail’s database, is now fully functioning again. The tool provides data on the capital cost of real railway infrastructure projects, and now includes…
After a pause on work on the toolkit in 2023, we are now moving forward with development of the site to make it better meet the needs of project developers. We have started with a refresh of the front page…
We have added some further links to the ‘Next Steps‘ page related to potential active travel options to assist those projects where analysis shows that rail-based solutions are either not appropriate, or not the whole solution to strategic objectives.
Following feedback we have updated the Strategic Context Checklist and Narrative Template on the Strategy page. We have added a new glossary and abbreviations document, linked from the About and How to use this toolkit pages.
We have updated the ‘How to use this toolkit‘ page with links to all the tools and short descriptions of what they are intended to do.
We have now added two new important tools to help with estimating costs of projects. There is a tool for estimating operational expenditure, the OpEx Tool. There is also a tool to help with estimating capital costs, the capital costs…
This month we have added a series of videos to help give some explanation of how to use the website and the tool.You can find these on the Explainer Videos page of the site. We have also added the Benefits…
Since the website launched at the end of June 2021 we have responded to feedback with some updates and tweaks to the content, these are listed below. Date Section / tool What has changed 30/07/2021 Culture / Complexity Resulting from…