Questions from the floor, answers from the panel - Network Rail, Technology Strategy Board, London Underground, FirstGroup Rail, Transport KTN

1. Q&A session – the panel answers
questions from the floor
These are paraphrased in the next slides
– the answers (and questions) are much
more wide-ranging -
please listen in full on the SlideCast at
http://www.slideshare.net/transportktn/questions-and-
answers-17720733
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2. Question 1
• Whose responsibility is the provision of a
comms pipe connectivity for the
railways?
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3. Question 2
• How can a cross-organisational interface
work?
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4. Question 3
• Will the train operators open up data so
that we can create APIs?
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5. Question 4
• How can you square up GSM-R with
safety–critical and non safety-critical
communications
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6. Question 5
• How can we be more innovative if we
can’t or won’t be open, especially with
our data?
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7. Question 6
• How capable is the system of optimising
routes for operators as well as for
customers?
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