News

• Industry warns that a failure to focus on attracting customers to the railway risks a permanently smaller rail network
• Call for greater train operator freedom comes as railway faces a £2bn shortfall in revenues and further industrial action, meaning unsustainable levels of taxpayer support
• New research by Rail Partners reveals up to £1.6bn over the next two years could be unlocked for the Treasury through private sector investment and innovation

In response to ORR’s estimates of station usage data, Rail Partners' chief executive, Andy Bagnall, said:

In response to the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement, Rail Partners’ Chief Executive, Andy Bagnall, said:

In response to the new Transport Select Committee Chair, Andy Bagnall, Chief Executive of Rail Partners, said:

Responding to the DfT's 'First of a Kind' funding announcement, Mark Gaynor, Director of Operator Services at Rail Partners, said:

In response to the new Transport Secretary, Mark Harper MP's re-commitment to HS2, Rail Partners' chief executive, Andy Bagnall, said:

In response to the appointment of the Transport Secretary, Rail Partners' Chief Executive, Andy Bagnall, said:

In response to the Transport Secretary’s comments on the delay of the rail transformation legislation, Andy Bagnall, Chief Executive of Rail Partners, said:

• Call for evidence response sets out the need for an ambitious freight growth target to transform the sector over the next three decades
• By trebling freight across Britain, rail could further support the transition to a decarbonised economy, rebalance the UK economy, and help businesses scale up both domestically and internationally
• The target would also increase the sector’s contribution to UK plc to around £7.5bn per year.

In response to the Prime Minister’s announcement regarding an update to the Northern Powerhouse Rail plans, Rail Partners’ Chief Executive, Andy Bagnall, said:

• New report sets out how private operators can support Government ambitions for growth and net zero.
• Giving operators more commercial freedom can improve customer experience and secure hundreds of millions of pounds in revenue to the Treasury.
• Operators call for the right long-term reforms to help stabilise industry finances by growing revenue, rejecting nationalisation as the answer.

Responding to the Labour Party reconfirming its commitment to public ownership of the railway, Andy Bagnall, Chief Executive of Rail Partners, said: