Network Rail ( NR ) published its Supplier Spend Report for 2024/25 in August, which demonstrated where there has been a change in spending from Control Period 6 into the first year of CP7. Suppliers continue to feel the strain of reduced spending within the rail industry. Suppliers continue to feel the strain of reduced spending within the rail industry. Network Rail (NR) published its Supplier Spend Report for 2024/25 in August, which demonstrated where there has been a change in spending from Control Period 6 into the first year of CP7. However, removing utilities from the expenditure (as 80% of electricity costs are passed onto train operators and the charges don’t go to suppliers), spending is down 7% from £8.423bn to £7.833bn.