Railway Industry Association and National Railway Museum launch ‘the Great Railway Quiz’ – with Sir Peter Hendy CBE

11 June 2020

 

The National Railway Museum and the Railway Industry Association (RIA) have launched ‘the Great Railway Quiz’, a virtual evening of railway questions, with quiz master Sir Peter Hendy CBE, Chairman of Network Rail.

The Great Railway Quiz will take place from 5.30pm on Thursday 25 June 2020 and will include five rounds of questions, covering the railways from past to present. The quiz is free to attend and open to all.

Darren Caplan, Chief Executive of the Railway Industry Association, said: "We’re all really looking forward to ‘the Great Railway Quiz’! The past few months have clearly been challenging for the rail industry, so we hope this event offers some fun for all those working in the railway industry and who have been keeping our railway running. It’s great to have Sir Peter on board as the Quiz Master too, a role I’m sure he’ll revel in – it will certainly make for a fantastic evening! So do join us and get your teams involved.”. 
 
Judith McNicol, Director of the National Railway Museum, said: “I’m lucky enough to experience first-hand the extraordinary knowledge and love for the railways shown by our colleagues, our army of volunteers and our visitors. We’re busy making plans for reopening our doors at York and Shildon, but until then, I’m really looking forward to the Great Railway Quiz because it gives people the chance to show off that knowledge and passion! I’m sure it will be a lot of fun, and no doubt very competitive.”

Notes to Editors

 

  1. For more information, contact RIA’s Public Affairs & PR Director Max Sugarman via email: [email protected] or phone: 07399 042 383

    1. Find out more about the Great Railway Quiz here
    2. About RIA: The Railway Industry Association (RIA) is the voice of the UK rail supply community. We help to grow a sustainable, high-performing, railway supply industry and to export UK rail expertise and products. We promote and represent our members’ interests to policy makers, clients and other stakeholders in the UK and overseas. RIA has 300+ companies in membership in a sector that contributes £36 billion in economic growth and £11 billion in tax revenue each year, as well as employing 600,000 people - more than the workforce of Birmingham. It is also a growing industry with the number of rail journeys expected to double over the next 25 years and freight set to grow significantly too. RIA’s membership is active across the whole of railway supply, covering a diverse range of products and services and including both multi-national companies and SMEs (60% by number). RIA works to promote the importance of the rail system to UK plc, to help export UK expertise around the globe and to share best practice and innovation across the industry: www.riagb.org.uk.
    3.  About the National Railway Museum:
    • The National Railway Museum in York has the largest collection of railway objects in the world and attracts more than 750,000 visitors per year.
    • The collection includes over 260 locomotives and rolling stock, 600 coins and medals as well as railway uniform and costume, equipment, documents, records, artwork and photographs.
    • The National Railway Museum forms part of the Science Museum Group, along with the Science Museum in London, the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford and Locomotion in Shildon.
    • Admission to the National Railway Museum is free, for more information visit: www.railwaymuseum.org.uk.