It includes:
Budget and costs of high profile projects
Assessments for 50 high risk level crossings, scored on the rail industry's level crossing risk model
Agendas and minutes of meetings of the board
Executive directors expenses
Number of high earners by £25k band
David Higgins, chief executive said: I believe in transparency. It helps improve decision making and can drive culture change in an organisation. Given the amount of money that taxpayers put into the rail industry, it is only correct they are given the right to scrutinise what their money is paying for. I believe Network Rail has to take the lead in opening up the industry to new levels of transparency and I hope others will soon follow that lead.
Were committed to increasing the amount of information we make available, and want the choices on what we publish in the future to be informed by what people would find helpful. So as well as proactively releasing this information, were inviting suggestions on what information should be added to this initial offering in the future.
Additionally, software developers can access real time railway data feeds, including:
Train Movements - train positioning and movement event data
TD - train positioning data, at signal berth level
TSR (Temporary Speed Restrictions) details of temporary reductions in line speeds across the rail network
VSTP (Very Short Term Plan) schedule records created via this process (and thus not available via CIF)
RTPPM (Real Time Public Performance Measure) - this shows the performance of trains against the timetable, measured as the percentage of trains arriving at destination on time
SCHEDULE extract of train schedules from the Integrated Train Planning System
http://www.networkrail.co.uk/news/2012/JUN/our-transparency-programme-launches/