Paul Plummer
Chief Executive, Rail Delivery Group
Our railway brings Britain to life, so it›s vitally important that rail companies and their supply chains work together to build a bigger, better network for our country. By doing so they help to grow businesses that operate in local communities across the nation.
We are investing to improve, with companies working to deliver a £50bn-plus Railway Upgrade Plan that will make journeys better, connect the country, support a secure, skilled workforce and enable a strong economy.
Our most immediate challenge is to deliver these projects with minimal disruption and to do so efficiently. Having the best interests of our customers, passengers or freight users, and taxpayers at the centre of our thinking is key. Beyond this we need to prepare for the longer term and develop plans which can transform the customer experience and connect communities as well as businesses across the country.
This demands that all parts of the industry work together in partnership. The RDG›s newlyestablished partnership with the Rail Supply Group cements a long-standing and positive relationship and will ensure that we are even more co-ordinated at a national level working with Network Rail›s system operator and governments.
Even more importantly, the industry is developing new forms of partnership to develop plans and deliver change at a local level - Network Rail’s Routes, passenger train and freight companies, the supply chain and property developers. As one team working together we can give the railway and the rail supply chain a more powerful voice.
In this supplement, snapshots of some of these projects, including the Ordsall Chord, Crossrail, and the redevelopment of London Bridge, help to highlight some of the ways in which we’re investing both for now and for generations to come. We hope you find it a valuable insight.
“We are investing to improve, with companies working together to deliver a £50bn-plus Railway Upgrade Plan that will make journeys better and enable a strong economy.”