Who Joins RSSB and Why?
Growth in passenger and freight traffic demands higher performance, and in the years ahead, even greater commercial and technological hurdles must be overcome. These include increasing capacity and customer satisfaction while simultaneously reducing cost and carbon.
The complex and interconnected nature of the rail system—through legal duties, contracts, procurement, relationships, and operation—makes collaborative solutions essential.
This is what makes RSSB so valuable: we embody the common purpose and shared strategic outlook of the rail sector.
About our Members and Affiliates
RSSB is a member-owned and member-funded company. We have two categories of association: 'members' and 'affiliates'. Our constitution restricts full membership to companies whose work includes supply or support to, or operation of, the railway in Great Britain.
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Who can become a member?
Full membership is, for some, a condition of their licence to operate on the railway. For others it provides access to information essential to their business in the rail sector. Our full members are categorised by our Board, by their primary areas of operation, which will be one of:
- Network Rail and other infrastructure managers and owners
- Train operating companies
- Freight operating companies and other non-passenger train operators
- Rolling stock owning and leasing companies (ROSCOs)
- Infrastructure contractors
- Suppliers and rolling stock manufacturers.
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Who can become an Affiliate?
Affiliation is open to companies that do not meet the criteria for membership, but who want to benefit from some of the advantages of membership. These include access to additional research and development findings, and toolkits, good practice and guidance on a broad range of subjects.
Affiliation is open to companies that do only a relatively small part of their total business with the railway, or that are based outside Great Britain. Affiliates can access more of the benefits of full membership at extra cost.
Our key affiliation categories include:
- UK and overseas railway companies and administrations
- UK and overseas agencies and bodies that support rail
- Any organisation seeking to formalise a mutually beneficial relationship with RSSB
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Partners
Our work draws on cutting-edge thinking, and we achieve this by partnering with:
- Universities
- Academic institutions
See a list of all our members, including affiliates below.
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Passenger train operators
- Arriva Rail London Limited
- Caledonion Sleeper Limited
- East Coast Trains Limited (Lumo)
- Eurostar International Limited
- First Great Western Limited
- First MTR South Western Trains Limited (South Western Railway)
- First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited (Avanti West Coast)
- Govia Thameslink Railway
- Grand Central Railway Company Limited
- Heathrow Express
- Hull Trains Company Limited
- Keolis Amey Docklands Limited
- Locomotive Services (TOC) Limited
- London North Eastern Railway
- Merseyrail Electrics (2002) Limited
- MTR Corporation (Crossrail) Limited
- North Yorkshire Moors Railway Limited
- Northern Trains Limited
- ScotRail Trains Limited
- SE Trains Limited (Southeastern)
- South Yorkshire Supertram Limited (Stagecoach Supertram Limited)
- Swanage Railway Company Limited
- The Chiltern Railway Company Limited
- Transpennine Trains Limited
- Transport for Wales Rail Limited
- Transport UK East Anglia Limited (Greater Anglia)
- Transport UK East Midlands Limited (East Midlands Railway)
- Trenitalia C2C Limited
- Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive Limited (NEXUS)
- Vintage Trains Limited
- West Coast Railway Company Limited
- West Midlands Trains Limited
- XC Trains Limited (CrossCountry)
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Freight and other non-passenger train operators
- DB Cargo (UK) Limited
- DB Cargo International Limited
- Devon and Cornwall Railways Limited
- Direct Rail Services Limited
- Europhoenix Rail Ltd
- Freightliner Heavy Haul Limited
- Freightliner Limited
- GB Railfreight Limited
- Hanson & Hall, Rail Services Solutions Ltd
- Loram UK Limited
- Rail Express Systems Limited
- Rail Operations (UK) Limited
- Railadventure UK Limited
- Varamis Limited
- Victa Railfreight Limited
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Infrastructure managers and owners
- High Speed Two (HS2) Limited
- HS1 Limited
- Network Rail - Eastern Region
- Network Rail - North West & Central Region
- Network Rail - Scotland's Railway
- Network Rail - Southern Region
- Network Rail - Wales & Western Region
- Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
- Seilwaith Amey Cymru /Amey Infrastucture Wales Ltd
- Transport for Greater Manchester
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Rolling stock owners and leasing companies
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Infrastructure contractors
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Suppliers and rolling stock manufacturers
- 3D Visual Simulations Ltd
- AB Hoses and Fittings Limited
- Abbott Risk Consulting Limited
- AEGIS Engineering Systems (AES) Limited
- Alstom Transport UK Limited
- Amey Rail Limited
- Anturas Consulting
- Arbor Division Limited
- AssessTech Limited
- AtkinsRealis UK Limited
- AW Rail Services Limited
- Belper Rail Engineering Ltd
- C. K. Contracts Limited
- CACI Limited
- CAF Rail UK Limited
- CAF Rolling Stock UK Limited
- CCL Universal Limited
- Centergreat Rail Limited
- CHG Electrical Limited
- Coombes Forestry Limited
- DJ Civil Engineering Limited
- Ebeni Limited
- e-train Learning Limited
- Engineering Support Group Ltd t/a DB ESG
- EnPro Services Ltd
- Frazer-Nash Consultancy Limited
- Furrer+Frey GB Limited
- Gateway Consultants (HSW) Limited
- Gauge Communication Ltd
- High Speed Rail Solutions
- Hitachi Information Control Systems Europe Ltd
- Hitachi Rail GTS UK Limited
- Hitachi Rail Limited
- Inspire (Structures) Limited
- Integrum Power Engineering Limited
- Kilborn Consulting Limited
- Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems (UK) Limited
- Koncept Rail Solutions
- KPI Rail & Infrastructure Limited
- Lenz Labs
- L&W Contractors Limited
- LPA Industries Limited
- Mandy Rail Limited
- Meridian Generic Rail Limited
- Mott Macdonald Group Limited
- North South Rail Limited
- Open Train Times Limited
- Ove Arup & Partners International Limited (ARUP)
- Pandrol (Vortok) Limited
- Park Signalling Ltd
- Parkes Transport safety
- Plasser UK Limited
- Portaramp UK Limited
- Pre Metro Operations Limited
- Protech Rail Engineering Ltd
- RTG Rail Services Limited
- Rail Business Solutions Limited
- Railcare Sweden Limited
- Railway Approvals Limited
- Railway Competence Group Limited
- Ramboll UK Ltd
- Resonate Group Limited
- Ricardo Rail Limited
- RTS Infrastructure Ltd
- Siemens Mobility
- Skill Step Group Ltd
- Sovereign Planned Services On Line Ltd
- Stadler Rail Service UK Limited
- Starc Limited
- STC Insiso
- Schweizer Electronic Ltd
- Taylor Airey Limited
- Tended Limited
- TES 2000 Limited
- The QSS Group Ltd
- The Railway Consultancy Limited
- Tracsis PLC
- TrainsPeople Ltd
- UK Rail Leasing Limited
- Unipart Rail Limited
- VA Rail Limited
- Value Added Engineering Services Ltd (VAES)
- Vanguard Sustainable Transport Solutions Limited
- Velociti Solutions
- W&D McCulloch Ltd
- Weighwell Engineering Ltd
- WSP UK
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Affiliates
- Acmena
- ARTC
- Barclays
- Boxfish Infrastructure Group
- Cardinus Risk Management Limited
- Churchill Group
- Commission for Railway Regulation
- Dentons UK Middle East LLP
- Department for Infrastructure
- Digital Trains
- East West Railway
- Eurotunnel
- Global centre for Rail Excellence
- Health and Safety Executive
- Heathrow Airport
- Innovace Design Limited
- Institution of Railway Operators
- Irish Rail
- Keolis Amey Metrolink
- Kuehne + Nagel Ltd
- Merseytravel
- MTR Hong Kong
- National Express Rail Germany
- National Fire Chiefs Council
- National Highways
- New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (The Rail Safety Regulator)
- NS Groep
- Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator (ONRSR)
- Pacific National
- Permanent Way Institution
- Petards Group
- ProRail
- Public Transport Authority Western Australia
- Qatar Rail
- Rail for London (Infrastructure) Limited
- Rail Forum
- Rail Freight Group
- Rail Industry Association
- RKH Qitarat
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution
- Scobic Limited
- Severfield
- Signalling Solutions
- Storycatchers
- Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
- Toronto Transit Commission
- Train'd Up
- Translink NI
- Transport Canada (Rail Safety)
- Transport for London
- Transport for Wales
- Wavetrain AS
- West Somerset Railway
- WH Malcolm
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