4.1 To deliver UK passenger rail services, the franchise programme must be aligned with work to maintain and improve rail infrastructure, and with the provision of trains ('rolling stock'). The Department for Transport (the Department), operators, Network Rail and the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), work together to manage the interdependencies between the different parts of the rail system. This part examines how the Department manages:
• interdependencies between franchises;
• interdependencies between its franchising programme and plans to enhance infrastructure and introduce new trains; and
• the relationship between the roles of the Department and ORR in promoting competition for passenger services.