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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.

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.

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:

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, President of Atkins, SNC-Lavalin’s Engineering, Design & Project Management sector has been appointed as chair of the Rail Supply Group (RSG).

Responding to a study by Aslef on train driver diversity, Jacqueline Starr, Chief Operating Officer at the Rail Delivery Group, said:

A year since the biggest ever rail fares consultation opened, passengers still grappling with an outdated fares system say government should prioritise fares reform and enable change as soon as possible.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 reveal punctuality was unaffected by the implementation of the 2019 Summer timetable.

Britain’s train companies are prioritising punctuality and reliability for passengers as they prepare to introduce the new summer timetable on Sunday 19th May.

• 1,000 extra services per week to be added, benefiting passengers across the country
• Changes are part of a long-term improvement plan to make trains more frequent and enable new journeys, while prioritising punctuality and reliability
• Introducing ambitious improvements for passengers presents a significant challenge and the industry is working together to focus on implementing lessons learned from summer 2018 to strengthen timetabling, visible through the effective winter timetable change last December
• Train companies and Network Rail will work together to closely monitor the introduction of the new timetable and respond rapidly to any disruption

Paul Plummer, Rail Delivery Group (RDG) chief executive, has confirmed his intention to retire this autumn.

Proposals represent industry’s first contribution to the Williams Review with a call for preparatory work to begin now including government, industry and passenger groups reviewing regulation as well as a series of real-world trials to support a rolling programme of reform across Britain over the next three to five years.