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Travel advice for rail passengers as ‘record breaking’ temperatures are forecast for this week
Passengers planning to travel by train into London and the south east of England are being asked to check before they travel and consider changing their travel plans if they can as services could be disrupted due to forecast high temperatures on Thursday.
Interrail
Robert Nisbet, Regional Director at the Rail Delivery Group, said:
Train tickets made easier as a million pieces of jargon are slashed
Changes being made by rail companies from next week will mean jargon has been slashed on tickets for over a million routes, making it easier for passengers to buy and use the right ticket.
Decarbonising the railway
On behalf of Network Rail, train operators and freight companies, the Rail Delivery Group has been working with partners across the industry as part of a task force to understand how Britain could have a low carbon railway in the future.
Britain's rail companies give wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans free travel to Invictus UK Trials
From tomorrow, rail companies are providing free travel for over 100 wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans, plus their companions, to enable them to compete in the UK trials for the Invictus Games.
Response to RMT's statement today
Following today's statement from the RMT union on a planned ballot for strike action over pensions, a spokesman for the Rail Delivery Group, said:
Rail improvements paying off with higher satisfaction scores
Key improvements made by the rail industry in recent years are reflected in scores from the most recent survey of 28,000 passengers published today by the independent watchdog Transport Focus.
Philip Hoare appointed chair of Rail Supply Group
Philip Hoare, President of Atkins, SNC-Lavalin’s Engineering, Design & Project Management sector has been appointed as chair of the Rail Supply Group (RSG).
Industry working to increase diversity - response to Aslef report
Responding to a study by Aslef on train driver diversity, Jacqueline Starr, Chief Operating Officer at the Rail Delivery Group, said:
Fares reform must be prioritised in rail review, say passengers
A year since the biggest ever rail fares consultation opened, passengers still grappling with an outdated fares system say government should prioritise fares reform and enable change as soon as possible.
New figures point to smooth introduction of 1,000 extra services
New figures reveal punctuality was unaffected by the implementation of the 2019 Summer timetable.
Rail industry makes final preparations for summer timetable change
Britain’s train companies are prioritising punctuality and reliability for passengers as they prepare to introduce the new summer timetable on Sunday 19th May.