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Ukrainian railway delegates at Rail Live 2024

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Rail Live 2025: The agenda and subjects for day two’s seminar theatres

The agenda for Rail Live's seminar theatres includes talking points about a host of pressing industry concerns, with insights from attending experts.

Engineering 3 Jun

The latest section of the MML between Kettering and Wigston was recently delivered on time and under budget by Network Rail. However, there has been no clarity on when the next phase could begin. NETWORK RAIL.

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Midland Main Line electrification questions to remain unanswered until Spending Review

Industry warns government of "lost continuity and damaging supplier confidence".

Midland Main Line 28 May

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RIA urges greater positivity over passenger and revenue upturn

Railway Industry Association wants the industry to talk itself up more to help encourage more customers onto the network.

Railway Industry Association 4 Mar

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander. BUSINESS BISCUIT.

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RIA makes three requests of Transport Secretary for 2025

Chief Executive Darren Caplan outlines the Railway Industry Association's requests and commitments for 2025

Railway Industry Association 6 Jan

Network Rail engineers carry out wiring work on the Midland Main Line. NETWORK RAIL.

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Network Rail promises answers to supply chain after communication concerns raised

Representatives from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) grilled NR’s Group Director, Railway Business Services, Clive Berrington, at the Railway Industry Association conference earlier this month

Network Rail 20 Nov

Travellers coming and going through Liverpool Street Station main concourse. London, England, UK

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RIA calls for clarity in its manifesto ahead of general election

The Railway Industry Association (RIA) is calling for a fresh start for UK rail in its manifesto, which it has published ahead of the general election on July 4.

RIA 7 Jun

The immediate future of rail services to Penzance remains firmly with diesel traction. But the Railway Industry Association is putting forward a plan that could see them replaced by battery electrics using partial electrification as a cheaper alternative for full wiring. On April 14, HST power cars 43047 and 43055 sit in the Cornish terminus before taking a rail tour back to Berwick-upon-Tweed.

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Can batteries spark a charge towards decarbonisation?

The Railway Industry Association is arguing for battery electric trains to replace diesel units, thereby cutting future electrification costs

Phil Haigh 22 Apr

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HS2 joins the exhibitors at Rail Live 2023

Registration for the UK’s largest outdoor rail exhibition opened on March 1.

10 Mar

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RIA: rail offers jobs, income and social opportunities

Job opportunities, higher wages and huge time savings are among the principal social and economic benefits that the rail industry can deliver for Britain

14 Nov

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RIA North sets out 20-year electrification programme

A rolling electrification programme for the North over the next 20-plus years, has been set out by the Railway Industry Association North (RIAN).

2 Nov

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Thousand days pass since RNEP

July 17 marked 1,000 days since the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline was last published

22 Jul

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RIA blasts DfT: 900 days and no contracts update

April 8 marked 900 days since the Government last updated its Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP).

12 Apr

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Rail suppliers set five key tests for GBR to ensure succes

Providing continuity of work tops a five-point list for the new Great British Railways, set out by the Railway Industry Association (RIA).

16 Mar

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RIA targets events for innovation

A Railway Industry Association programme to encourage innovation, is to include the flagship ‘Innovation Conference’ on April 26/27.

10 Feb

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RIA survey reveals growing optimism

Confidence in the rail industry has returned to pre-2019 levels, according to new polling carried out on behalf of the Railway Industry Association.

14 Nov

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RIA warning over slow progress of electrification

Britain is electrifying its network at less than half the rate needed to decarbonise by 2050, claims the Railway Industry Association.

22 Oct

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RIA: UK rail can be “economic powerhouse”

The rail industry generated some £43 billion worth of Gross Value Added (GVA) to the economy and supported 710,000 jobs in the UK in 2019.

2 Oct

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RIA encourages development of hydrogen units

The Railway Industry Association is urging the Government to prioritise new fleets of hydrogen trains in its efforts to create a ‘hydrogen economy’

26 Aug

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Absence of rail plans fuels uncertainty, argues RIA

Rail faces a ‘summer of uncertainty’, according to the Railway Industry Association (RIA).

2 Aug

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Widespread support for 30-year rolling stock strategy

"Thirty-year rolling stock strategy would create a market place for whole supply chain" - Porterbrook Chief Executive Mary Grant

12 Nov

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Rail Live 2025: The agenda and subjects for day two’s seminar theatres

Midland Main Line electrification questions to remain unanswered until Spending Review

RIA urges greater positivity over passenger and revenue upturn

RIA makes three requests of Transport Secretary for 2025

Network Rail promises answers to supply chain after communication concerns raised

RIA calls for clarity in its manifesto ahead of general election

Can batteries spark a charge towards decarbonisation?

HS2 joins the exhibitors at Rail Live 2023

RIA: rail offers jobs, income and social opportunities

RIA North sets out 20-year electrification programme