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International Day of Persons with Disabilities - Joanne
03 December 2021
by Joanne Tick, member of RDG's Disability Awareness Network
Hello, my name is Joanne and I’m an Accreditation Analyst at RDG and a member of its Dis…
Amplifying voices on the International Day of People with Disabilities
03 December 2021
by Jacqueline Starr, CEO, Rail Delivery Group
This year’s theme for the International Day of People with Disabilities is “Fighting for rights in the…
Decarbonising rail: creating jobs for the ‘Green Industrial Revolution’
21 October 2021
By Andy Bagnall, Director General at the Rail Delivery Group
In 2021, there is an overwhelming acceptance that the human impact on the planet is dire…
Why celebrating the World Cup of Stations matters
19 October 2021
And so, the third edition of the World Cup of Stations tournament has come to a close and Stourbridge Junction was crowned the champion, winning the…
Unlocking local economic growth through station investment
20 September 2021
By Liam Bogues, Policy Manager, Rail Delivery Group
Stations play a critical part in the customer journey serving as the ‘shop window’ for the railwa…
When train travel is more than a journey
10 September 2021
By Andy Bagnall, Director General at the Rail Delivery Group
While this week has seen some people start to return to their offices, train commuting i…
The future of rail travel is digital
28 June 2021
By Duncan Henry, Retail Strategy Director, Rail Delivery Group
The recently published Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail rightly calls for a customer-focu…
Celebrating our engineering heroes
23 June 2021
A blog for International Women in Engineering Day 2021
Britain’s rail network is the iron backbone running across the country that helps to connect u…
Q&A for International Women in Engineering Day 2021
23 June 2021
With Susie Homan, our Director of People, Operations and Railway Strategy
For this year’s International Women in Engineering Day, we interviewed Susi…
Cutting duty on planes mustn’t put people off cleaner, green trains
16 June 2021
By Andy Bagnall, Director General, Rail Delivery Group
As lockdown restrictions have eased, we’ve seen the corresponding resumption of journeys acros…
The white paper signals much-needed change for the industry. To deliver to its full potential, we must now get the detail right.
20 May 2021
By Andy Bagnall, Director General of the RDG
After three years, two different Secretaries of State and one global pandemic, the government’s ‘Plan fo…