Rail industry welcomes opening up of Network Rail standards

1 July 2020

 

Network Rail have made their standards freely available to businesses through a new online portal.

Kate Jennings, Policy Director at the Railway Industry Association (RIA), responded: “It is very positive to see Network Rail open up their standards and make them freely available to businesses. This move was a key commitment of Network Rail’s SME Action Plan published last year and of their Open for Business programme. It will provide a significant benefit to businesses in the rail supply industry, particularly SMEs and new entrants in the sector, by removing a major barrier to entry for those looking to get new products and services into the rail market.”

Notes to Editors

 

  1.  The Network Rail Standards Portal can be found 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.