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The rail industry can be an ‘anchor in stormy seas’, providing some surety and helping to deliver the prosperity needed post-Brexit, a leading figure has said in the first rail industry address following the election.

Paul Plummer, Rail Delivery Group (RDG) chief executive, has responded on behalf of RDG train company members to the General Election manifestos published this week.

• Biggest shift to rail from other transport of any railway in Europe since 2009
• One of Europe’s busiest railways – punctuality comparable with other countries
• Below-average running costs, train companies returning money to taxpayers
• Britain investing more than any country in Europe to improve rail

Train travellers are snapping up new mobile-friendly eTickets, with more than one million sold in the first six months.

Train travellers who forget to carry Railcards with their discount tickets and end up paying more will be given the chance to claim the money back.   

Britain’s rail companies have unveiled plans to run over 6,400 more passenger trains every week by 2021, running to more places more often, creating new opportunities and supporting jobs.

Thousands of new, state of the art trains will be rolling off production lines over the next 30 years, rail industry leaders have forecast.

Royal Assent for the HS2 Bill is a major milestone for HS2 and Britain, and will be an important part of a bigger and better railway, Paul Plummer, chief executive of the Rail Delivery Group, has said.

The rail industry has today published its advice on how the railway can continue to help grow Scotland’s economy and support its communities in the decades ahead.

Minister for Exiting the EU David Jones and Minister for Rail, Paul Maynard attended a roundtable with rail industry leaders, to hear their views on the Brexit negotiations.

Britain’s railway is at a crucial turning point and must lead change to keep growing and improving, a senior industry figure will say today (28 February).

Rail companies have today set out a blueprint of Britain’s railway in the digital age as the industry gathers in Birmingham to discuss the current challenges facing the railway – and how technology will help address them.