Horizon magazine

Developed specifically for rail leaders, Horizon gives valuable insight into the industry's biggest challenges and opportunities. The interactive magazine brings together industry experts to share insights on key topics that impact you and your business.

Issue 15 | July 2024

Click to read Horizon | Issue 15 | July 2024

How does the synergy between safety, standards, research, and sustainability help rail stay ahead of the curve? Johnny Schute, RSSB’s COO, explains why combining these four integral elements helps your rail company remain competitive in an ever-evolving industry.

These four elements, working in tandem, will help the freight sector achieve its ambitious 75% growth target, too. Progress is already being made, as you’ll see in this article on how, together, industry is paving the way for growth.

One of the many things that have come out of this collaborative work in freight is our ‘focused-on-freight’ research programme. So far, it’s delivered £2.5m-plus in research investment, which operators are already benefitting from. Are you?

Dougie Hill, Chair of the National Freight Safety Group, is, of course, among those who’d urge the freight sector to leverage what’s being done at RSSB to drive growth. In Season 2, Episode 5 of our podcast, he also comments on the current freight landscape and the safety considerations for achieving growth. Listen now!