Topic: Rail Delivery Group (RDG)

Sunset over Farnham station in Hampshire in England

UK Strikes outlook stormy with action called for March and April

The long running dispute in the British railway industry has flared up again with the announcement of a fresh round of strikes. The trades union RMT (Rail, Maritime and Transport) has announced four days of...Read more

20-02-2023|Comment|author: Simon Walton

Christmas tree at Manchester Piccadilly station

UK strikes to run up to Christmas and after New Year

Britain is braced for a series of damaging rail strikes, disrupting the run up to Christmas and the return to work in the new year. The largest trades union in the rail industry, the RMT...Read more

23-11-2022|Comment|author: Simon Walton

LNER Azuma train at York railway station

UK rail sector calls for reform in transport tax policy

To recover the economy from the corona crisis and to reduce carbon emissions, Britain’s government should revolutionise the transport tax policy. Such a call was made the Rail Delivery Group, an umbrella organisation for the...Read more

17-08-2020|Comment|author: Mykola Zasiadko

UK operators will replace over half of carriages by 2025

The UK’s passenger railway operators are planning to introduce over 1,000 new and refurbished carriages in 2020. This improvement is a part of a 8,000-coach investment scheduled for the period from 2017 to 2025. After...Read more

06-11-2019|Comment|author: Mykola Zasiadko

Leeds railway station, source: Network Rail

Sqills to implement innovative train ticketing system in United Kingdom

Sqills, the Dutch provider of software solutions, will implement its sales and distribution platform ‘S3 Passenger’ on the UK railway market. The system will make the reservation and purchase of train tickets more flexible to...Read more

03-06-2019|Comment|author: Mykola Zasiadko