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Realising the potential of GB rail
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Rail industry leaders today set-up a powerful new group to lead the industry forward in delivering a higher performing, more cost effective and sustainable railway network for Britain's rail users and taxpayers.
The new Rail Delivery Group (RDG) will be made up of the most senior figures in the rail industry – the CEOs of the passenger and freight train operating owning groups and Network Rail – and will be chaired by Tim O'Toole, the chief executive of FirstGroup.
Mr O'Toole said: "This important group will form the nucleus of a new rail industry order that will provide leadership on cross-industry issues to enable delivery improvements for rail users and for the taxpayer. The train operating companies and devolved Network Rail teams will remain accountable for delivery at a local level."
Sir Roy McNulty highlighted the need for such a group in his final report: "The study is strongly of the view that the rail industry needs to be given, and needs to accept, greater responsibility for its own future. The study therefore recommends the establishment of a Rail Delivery Group (RDG) with responsibility for cross-industry leadership of a substantial programme of change."
The RDG will normally meet bi-monthly, but for the rest of the year, it will meet monthly and be joined by Sir Roy McNulty, to help the group, and the railway as a whole, take forward his recommendations.
The group will focus on industry-wide issues, including the strategy and long-term vision for the railway. It will seek to inform key choices facing governments and the development of plans in response to governments' output specifications. It will consider and implement change in response to key recommendations from Sir Roy McNulty's rail value for money study 'Realising the potential of GB rail’, including the proposal for a rail systems agency.
The group will also steer and take ownership of the vitally important Initial Industry Plans (IIP), due to be published in September as part of the regulatory review process. The plans will detail the rail industry's view of the scope for improved efficiency and the key choices relating to the next five year funding period (CP5) from 2014 to 2019.
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The owning groups will be represented on the RDG by the CEOs of Abellio, Arriva, DB Schenker, Directly Operated Railways, FirstGroup, Freightliner, Go-Ahead, National Express, Stagecoach and Virgin
o The vice-chairman of the group will be David Higgins, chief executive, Network Rail o The secretary of the group will be Graham Smith who has been a key member of Sir Roy McNulty's study team o Paul Plummer, Network Rail's director of planning and development, has also been invitedto join the group o Government and the ORR will not be members, but will be invited to provide input to the group on key issues as will other industry bodies (such as ATOC and the Rail Freight Operators Association), suppliers (such as the Rail Industry Association) and trades unions o The IIPs produced by the industry are intended to inform choices about the outputs which governments in England, Wales and Scotland specify as part of the periodic regulatory review process
Membership of Rail Delivery Group Limited is
Abellio
o Anton Valk
Arriva
o David Martin
DB Schenker Rail
o Alain Thauvette
Directly Operated Railways
o Elaine Holt
First Group
o Tim O’Toole (chair)
Freightliner
o Peter Maybury
Go-Ahead
o Keith Ludeman
National Express
o Dean Finch
Network Rail
o David Higgins (co-chair) o Paul Plummer
Serco
o Ian Downie o Jonathan Brown
Stagecoach
o Brian Souter
Virgin
o Tony Collins o Patrick McCall
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