Stay on track with smarter GRC technology for rail
Designed for safety-critical infrastructure where scrutiny is constant and mistakes are investigated. It’s time to upgrade your GRC program with CoreStream GRC.
Full steam ahead with the GRC platform that truly works for you.
Rail and transportation organizations operate under constant scrutiny. Safety obligations are non-negotiable. Regulatory oversight is ongoing. Decisions are documented, reviewed, and revisited long after they are made.
At CoreStream GRC, we work closely with rail and transportation organizations and understand the reality. Governance is not a once-a-year exercise. It runs in parallel with live operations, franchise commitments, and public accountability.
And yet, too many rail teams are still relying on spreadsheets, email chains, and disconnected tools to manage safety, compliance, and regulatory engagement.
That approach does not hold up in safety-critical infrastructure.
CoreStream GRC gives rail and transportation organizations a more resilient way to manage governance, risk, and compliance, without slowing operations or losing audit confidence.
“I’ve used similar systems before, but none anywhere near as good. The interface is genuinely easy to use once you know how to filter and find what you need.”
James Ball
Head of Government Partnership, South Western Railway
In action: Explore how CoreStream GRC worked with Great Western Railway to drive compliance excellence at scale
Destinations served: 270+
Operating model: UK rail franchise
Great Western Railway operates under a complex franchise agreement with extensive regulatory oversight. Compliance failures carry financial consequences and can directly affect future franchise outcomes.
Challenge: managing 100s of live obligations across teams, while maintaining clear evidence, audit trails, and regulator confidence.
CoreStream GRC was implemented to centralize franchise obligations, evidence, and reporting into a single, operational system.
The results
- Clear visibility of obligations, actions, and deadlines across teams
- Stronger, defensible audit trails supporting regulator engagement
- Earlier identification and resolution of emerging compliance issues
- Reduced administrative effort, allowing teams to focus on higher-value work
Your GRC journey is about to take an exciting turn
Rail and transportation compliance is not static. Franchise obligations, safety regulations, procurement rules, and integrity requirements all operate at once, across live services, multiple stakeholders, and constant oversight.
Audits do not wait. Inspections are ongoing. Evidence is requested long after decisions are made. And accountability follows the operation, not the reporting cycle.
Here’s the reality: generic GRC tools were never built for safety-critical transport environments. Traditional platforms cannot keep up with the pace and scrutiny rail operators face.
CoreStream GRC can. It replaces disconnected processes with a single, configurable platform that gives rail and transportation organizations real visibility, control, and audit confidence across their operations.
“The CoreStream system provides us with an amazing single source of truth — not just for what needs to be done, but also for what’s been completed. If in doubt, get it into CoreStream. You can never have too much information.”
Joe Graham, Business Assurance Director, Great Western Railway
“CoreStream GRC flips the narrative. Instead of being another complex, heavy platform, it offers an architecture that organizations can shape to fit their workflows, culture, and terminology.“
Book a 1-hour GRC workshop specific for rail and transport organizations
Work directly with CoreStream GRC experts who have delivered rail and transportation projects across regulated environments. We’ll review your current approach, identify pressure points, and share practical recommendations grounded in real rail operations.
“Having someone (CoreStream GRC’s Head of Client Design) who truly understands risk management and compliance was very helpful.
Everyone at Pool Re, is very happy with the tool. The risk-on-a-page feature, initially considered a challenge by other vendors, was successfully implemented, offering a more streamlined way to assess and manage risks.”
Helio Correa
Head of Risk
“The CoreStream Platform has enabled our business to transition from a manually intensive risk methodology to a fit-for-purpose risk management system.
The support we have received from day one has been second to none. I have no regrets with choosing CoreStream for our GRC; the platform has enabled a higher level of stakeholder buy-in due to its ease of use and reporting functionality.”
Rob Kinson
IT Risk and Assurance Manager
“There are plenty of expensive and complex risk software offerings out there, but we wanted a product that was simple to use and intuitive.
We quickly appreciated that the CoreStream GRC product was for us and, importantly, one with the potential and flexibility for our users to grow with. Added to this has been CoreStream GRC’s service that, from enquiry to implementation, has been faultless.”
Ian Ross
Group Head of Audit & Assurance
“The CoreStream GRC system provides us with an amazing single source of the truth, not only for what needs doing but also for what’s been done: it evidences it, which was always a problem in the past. By recording everything in one place, we can see all obligations, manipulate them and report on them. My mantra is: if in doubt, get it into CoreStream GRC. You can never have too much information.”
Andy Indominus
Engineering Director
By the numbers
5
Days per quarter (on average) saved in compiling risk reports, based on client feedback
93%
Average of likely to recommend based on customer survey feedback
6
Week average, go-lives implementation timespans for risk management
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FAQs on GRC for transportation
Rail and transport operate in safety-critical, highly regulated environments where missed obligations can lead to financial penalties, regulatory action, and reputational damage.
Generic GRC platforms are not designed to handle:
– Franchise-specific obligations
– High volumes of regulatory commitments
– Safety management systems
– Ongoing operational change
A specialist GRC platform built for rail allows organizations to manage obligations, evidence, and reporting in one system of record, rather than across disconnected tools.
CoreStream GRC solves the problem of fragmented compliance management.
It replaces spreadsheets, manual tracking, and disconnected systems with a single, configurable platform that provides:
– Clear visibility of obligations and deadlines
– Defensible audit trails
– Early identification of emerging risks
– Reduced administrative burden on compliance teams
The result is operational control, not just documentation.
Yes. CoreStream GRC is designed to support obligations arising from ORR requirements, ROGS duties, and safety management systems.
Organizations can:
– Centralize safety and regulatory obligations
– Track actions and evidence consistently
– Maintain clear audit trails
– Monitor emerging safety or compliance risks in real time
This reduces reliance on manual processes and improves regulator confidence.
CoreStream GRC maintains a clear, auditable record of correspondence and engagement with regulators such as the Department for Transport and the Office of Rail and Road.
All obligations, actions, evidence, and communications are stored in one place, creating a defensible audit trail that supports inspections, reviews, and assurance activity.
Great Western Railway used CoreStream GRC to manage over a thousand franchise compliance obligations, centralizing obligations, evidence, and reporting into a single system of record.
South Western Railway uses CoreStream GRC to manage contract and compliance obligations across live franchise commitments and legacy contracts, improving usability, reducing noise, and supporting day-to-day operations.
Both organizations reported stronger visibility, improved audit confidence, and reduced administrative effort.