There was concern that the institutional architecture of privatisation was not promoting strategic thought about the structure of services provided by the railway. The industry offered some financial support, a great deal of practical support and its endorsement of the proposed investigation. At the time the project was conceived a national timetable was not on the industry's agenda, even though it was a model commonplace in Europe. The consensus now is that the timetable-planning process introduced with privatisation appears to have failed, and the last few years have been a period of turbulence for many different reasons. The outcome has been renewed attention to timetabling, with Train Operating Companies becoming committed in principle to regular-interval services and the SRA playing a stronger role in achieving an integrated outcome.