Halcrow’s rail business advisory team provides advice to help clients achieve their goals across the full infrastructure lifecycle, from the development and project phases to operations. Our clients include governments, authorities, regulators, bidders, operators, contractors and funders.
For infrastructure in development and project phases, Halcrow ensures that clients receive the technical advice they need to participate in the development, procurement, design, construction and operation of new railway and light rail metro infrastructure with optimal risk allocation.
For existing infrastructure, Halcrow specialises in getting the most from railway and light rail/metro systems by finding improvement methods in the areas of operations, safety, asset management and data management; marketing strategy and organisation; and government policy and regulation.
Railways worldwide, operate in a challenging environment, needing to balance market demands, capacity and financial performance. Halcrow provides robust and practical advice to regulators, railways, light rail metros, funders and private sector interests around the world to meet these challenges and improve competitiveness and financial performance.
Our rail business advisory services include:
- transport planning and economics, demand forecasting, pre-feasibility/feasibility studies and business planning
- due diligence and transaction advice, including acting as lenders’ technical adviser
- project management oversight, including oversight of the investment programme management office
- restructuring and commercialisation
- regulatory advice and monitoring/certification