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Railways need fundamental reform says RDG boss Plummer

Plummer: "It is clearer than ever that we need to change how we run our railway”

16 Aug

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Rail Delivery Group targets more info for passengers

TOCs to publish more real-time information

16 Aug

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Rail freight generates £1.7 billion in benefits for UK, claims Rail Delivery Group report

Rail freight worth £1.7bn in benefits for UK - RDG

7 Jun

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7,187 new coaches by 2021 - but up to 3,934 for scrap...some only three years old

Industry warns that vehicles ordered in recent years, and in traffic now, could be scrapped in near future

9 Apr

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RMT lambasts ‘single railway’ plans

RMT criticises new industry plan, calling it: "just the same old fantasy railway plans and promises of jam tomorrow that the public are sick and tired of.”

30 Oct

GWR 800005 at London Paddington. PAUL BIGLAND/RAIL.

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Britain’s railway launches ‘single plan’ to increase economic benefits

'Single plan’ for Britain’s railway launched, with RDG claiming it's worth £85 billion of additional economic benefits for the UK.

30 Oct

By joining forces, the RSG and RDG want to encourage the supply chain. One supplier to operators is Harry Needle Railroad Company. This is inside HNRC's Barrow Hill workshops on July 10 2015. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Rail Supply Group enters RDG partnership

The Rail Supply Group (RSG) and Rail Delivery Group (RDG) announce partnership in a bid to encourage growth in the rail industry supply chain.

24 Jul

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Study claims privatisation cost more than BR - but now outperforms it

Privatised passenger railway could have cost £51 billion more to operate than if British Rail had remained in state hands, a new study suggests.

19 Jun

Safely inside its home, 800013 stands inside Hitachi Rail Europe’s Stoke Gifford depot, near Bristol, on June 6. Post-Brexit, the rail industry will be an economic anchor the Rail Delivery Group Chairman Chris Burchell says, with 24,000 jobs to be created in two years. Many are in engineering at facilites such as this new depot. JOHN STRETTON.

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Rail a growth industry and UK’s “economic backbone”

RDG Chairman calls rail the “economic backbone” of the country, and that in uncertain times rail has the power to create secure jobs.

15 Jun

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National Rail Conference 2017

This year’s National Rail Conference on June 15 welcomes the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) as one of its gold sponsors.

25 May

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Rail industry must embrace change, says RDG chairman

Chris Burchell stresses need for new relationship with customers and new partnership with governments

28 Feb

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Is the RDG finally ‘manning up’?

Rail Delivery Group Chief Executive PAUL PLUMMER and NIGEL HARRIS discuss rail fares, franchising, performance and the role of the RDG

11 Feb

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Changes to rail fares aimed at simplifying ticketing system

RDG: The most radical ticket overhaul for 30 years

1 Feb

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A New Year… and more new trains

RICHARD CLINNICK studies the changing face of the UK’s train fleets

16 Jan

37405 enters Brundall on December 19. STEVE POTTER.

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Rail turns around £2 billion per year losses

RDG: rail has turned around £2bn a year losses

20 Dec

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5 ways Britain's railway stations could look in the future

RDG publishes images showing how Britain’s railway stations could look in the future, to back 2015’s publication of its Vision for Stations.

3 Oct

CrossCountry 221127 and ScotRail 170412 at Haymarket. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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RDG launches Britain Runs on Rail campaign

A major new campaign aimed at raising awareness of investment in Britain’s railway - and why it is needed - was launched today.

14 Sept

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Britain Runs on Rail campaign to highlight railway’s value

Rail Delivery Group launches campaign to improve the public perception of the railway.

15 Aug

Passengers at York on July 25. JACK BOSKETT.

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RDG plans summit to discuss fares simplification

A summit is to be held to discuss fares, the Rail Delivery Group confirmed on July 29.

1 Aug

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Darwin system evolves passenger information

Passenger information screens across the UK are now all using the central Darwin system, in a bid to improve the clarity of train running.

29 Jun