10 Reasons to Join RIA
RIA Membership provides a number of benefits, helping you to navigate and succeed in the rail industry.
Membership benefits include:
- A 20-strong team of experts in rail policy, advocacy, technical, innovation, exports, events, membership
services and operations
- Unrivalled RIA Nations & Regions network for members, with dedicated resources and events covering every
part of the country: London & South, Midlands & Eastern, the North, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and
Wales & Western
- Impactful policy and lobbying offering, with regular meetings and roundtables
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Rail Fellowship Programme parliamentarian visits – RIA has brought over 40
local MPs to member sites, to promote the positives of the railway industry to
politicians and a wider audience via targeted PR
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A Technical and Innovation offering second to none – in 2022 RIA published a
Rail Innovation Strategy with five recommendations, all of which were endorsed
by Network Rail, the Great British Railways Transition Team and a host of key
industry stakeholders
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Over 100 Technical and Innovation events – including conferences, roundtables
and meetings – bringing together rail specialists and members to collaborate on
salient issues of the day and longer-term
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An established exports capability; as well as organising overseas missions, RIA
arranges the UK pavilions and prestigious networking receptions at rail’s largest
international trade fair, InnoTrans, in Berlin – millions of pounds of overseas rail
work is secured through this exports work
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Modern, A/V-fitted, offices in Westminster with event and room space available
for member usage
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A dynamic trade association – in 2022, RIA achieved its highest ever
independently-assessed customer satisfaction scores: 89% of members were
happy with membership, and 92% said RIA had played a key leadership role as
the voice of the UK rail supply community and had performed well as the ‘go-to’
body for advising on government policy
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A winning trade association – in the last five years, RIA has won awards for
excellence, leadership, advocacy, best events, and EDI and decarbonisaion
campaigning
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