UK gets new rolling stock orders but manufacturing is still boom and bust
The Railway Industry Association (RIA), the voice of the rail supply community, has welcomed two recent tenders for rolling stock; up to 70 new or refurbished multiple units for passenger operator Chiltern Railways and a...Read more
UK rail passenger numbers on a record post-Covid high
Passenger numbers on Britain’s railways have approached and exceeded levels seen before the pandemic. Despite significantly changed passenger behaviour, with much less peak hours commuting, the railways are proving as busy as ever. Reported UK...Read more
UK rail passengers now over 100 per cent of pre-Covid levels
New government statistics have revealed that rail passengers numbers have passed a major milestone. The Department for Transport in London says that the recovery to levels before the pandemic was reached in February of this...Read more
Enough delay, where is the UK Rail Network Enhancement Programme?
Tired of waiting, the Railway Industry Association (RIA) has published its own Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP) update. The document, which the UK government claimed it would publish every year, is somewhat behind schedule. In...Read more
UK railway industry calls on Government to reduce uncertainty
The Railway Industry Association, which represents the supply chain the UK, has kept up the pressure on the reshuffled Conservative party administration in the UK government. The RIA has told Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the new Transport...Read more
Great British Railways must be ambitious, says association
Great British Railways (GBR), the new overarching management body in the UK, must be ambitious for the future of rail. That is the message from the Railway Industry Association (RIA), making an early response to...Read more