Strategic business decision-making - Network Rail

Network Rail’s proposed £34bn development of a high-speed rail line from London to Scotland could prove to be a great example to use with students over the next few years.

Network Rail has just published Strategic Business Case for New Lines. It attempts to justify the business case for both adding new rail lines and also releasing capacity on the existing rail network. There is lots of useful information in the publication relating to:

• Stategic objectives
• Stakeholders and the impact of investment on them
• Investment appraisal
• Capacity management
• Forecasting revenue and demand
• Environmental considerations
• Sources of finance (who pays?)