UK rail business leaders confidence at five year low
Confidence in the future of the rail market is at a five-year low. More than half of all rail suppliers believe the industry will contract…
UK Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline: update still awaited
The Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline, a commitment by the UK government to put forward an annually updated programme of works for the railway, is two…
Assurances sought over Great British Railways
The rail supply sector, represented by the Railway Industry Association, has set out what it calls five ‘tests’ for Great British Railways, the new overarching…
UK appoints new rail minister: Wendy Morton
The new rail minister for the UK is Wendy Morton, a member of parliament for Aldridge-Brownhills, a constituency in the West Midlands of England. Heaton-Harris…
Railway industry confidence returns in UK
The uncertainty of the pandemic left almost every sector of the UK economy in a state of uncertainty and gloom. However, new polling has revealed…
Railway industry publishes new report on the economic value of rail
A new report published by independent researchers Oxford Economics pictures the UK railway industry as a booming sector before the pandemic struck last year. Freight…
Long hot summer of uncertainty for UK rail industry
UK’s Rail Industry Association has called on the government in London to make some critical decisions before it takes its summer recess at the end…
Representative bodies call for UK rail electrification
Two of the most influential industry bodies in the UK have led a call for rail electrification in the UK. As part of a joint…
New UK manifesto for rail: put your rail ambitions on the agenda
The Railway Industry Association, the voice of the UK rail supply community, has published five manifestos ahead of the devolved national and regional elections taking…