A successful National CCS DRACAS needs a management system to enable the industry to share information about faults, failures, and defects in CCS systems. This will help improve safety and efficiency in rail. A core part is the way data is collected, shared, and analysed. 

The data sharing charter for the National CCS DRACAS shows what data will be collected, how it will be shared, and how it will be analysed. 

The benefits of the data sharing charter 

The National CCS DRACAS will help improve safety and performance in rail because defects and their impacts can be identified and managed better. These benefits will be industry-wide.

However, for the National CCS DRACAS to work properly, maintainers, operators, and suppliers of CCS subsystems need to share information. 

Before that can happen, organisations in rail need to understand how the National CCS DRACAS will collect, share, and use data. 

The National CCS DRACAS Data Sharing Charter explains how this can be done, and invites all relevant stakeholders to sign up.

Components of the data sharing charter 

The data sharing charter has four components that are essential for the National CCS DRACAS to work effectively and be trusted. They are:

  • data sharing principles
  • a common language
  • data management processes
  • roles and responsibilities.

Data sharing principles 

There are five principles that are the basis of the way information is shared in the National CCS DRACAS. They are:

  • transparency
  • consent
  • security
  • anonymity
  • quality.

Key stakeholders for industry-wide collaboration 

Industry-wide collaboration is needed across the following types of organisation:

  • Train operating companies
  • Freight operating companies
  • Maintainers 
  • Infrastructure owners and managers
  • Suppliers and manufacturers
  • ROSCOs.

Privacy policy 

The National CCS DRACAS will be respectful of privacy and control private or confidential information.