This notification is to invite interested parties to attend a supplier event on 16 December 2019 on a new research project RSSB plan to commission. The aim of the project is to provide the rail industry with a set of tangible economic and financial metrics for potential improvement to rail passenger and freight operations enabled by better connectivity. A rail connected corridor providing track to train telecoms should unlock investment and promote innovation. The supplier event will offer more detail on the research idea and the challenges it intends to tackle. It will also be an opportunity to understand: In-scope and out-of-scope areas of research Project support and governance Structure and deliverables Project timeline Finally, the event will serve as an opportunity to register interest in the research.