Rail Partners responds to the announcement of the new Transport Select Committee Chair
In response to the announcement of the new Transport Select Committee Chair, Andy Bagnall, Chief Executive of Rail Partners, said:
‘Congratulations to Ruth Cadbury on her appointment as the new Chair of the Transport Select Committee.
‘Transport is critical to the growth agenda and, having served on the committee twice previously, Ruth’s experience will be invaluable to helping scrutinise and refine government policy.
'To change the railway for the better, we must correctly understand the causes of its current challenges. Rail Partners and its members look forward to working with the Committee to ensure the Government’s rail reform bills deliver the improvements for passengers and freight customers that we all want.’
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About Rail Partners
Rail Partners exists to make the railway better by harnessing the expertise and creativity of private sector operators for the benefit of those who use the railway, passengers and freight customers, and those who pay for it, including taxpayers.
As well as offering advocacy and policy solutions for its private sector passenger owning group and freight company members, Rail Partners provides technical services to both private and public sector train operating companies through its Operator Services division.