Air Quality Working Group
The Air Quality Working Group (AQWG) is a specialist group reporting to the Sustainable Rail Leadership Group (SRLG). This working group facilitates industry collaboration on the development and delivery of UK rail’s strategic framework to meet its air quality ambitions.
Scope
AQWG holds the following functions and responsibilities:
- Being the endorsing body for the Air Quality Strategic Framework.
- Identifying opportunities to improve air quality effectively and efficiently at industry level.
- Commissioning studies, research and other methods to seek opportunities to improve air quality across the GB rail sector.
- Identifying solutions and making recommendations to relevant parties on implementation.
- Validating proposed goals, metrics, targets and route maps for rail industry sustainability aspects.
- Challenging sustainability proposals to ensure these are appropriate and robust.
- Identifying and sharing best practice for sustainability from within or outside GB rail.
Membership
The AQWG has members representing these industry stakeholders:
- Passenger Railway Undertakings
- Suppliers
- Freight Operators
- Network Rail and other Infrastructure Managers
- Department for Transport
- RSSB.
Chair of committee: Emma Alexander, First Rail Holdings Limited
RSSB main representative: Philbert Chan
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Committee members
Name Company Representing Status Andrea Davidson High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Andy Jones Great British Railways Transition Team Infrastructure Managers Member Azhar Quaiyoom Network Rail Infrastructure Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Ben Warren RSSB RSSB Member Bethan Stokes Department for Transport Government Observer Bob Downer Hitachi Rail Limited Suppliers Member Caitlin Bent LNER Passenger Train Operators Member Chris Clare Chiltern Railways Passenger Train Operators Member Christopher Grove Network Rail Infrastructure Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Clive Peddar c2c Rail Passenger Train Operators Member Connor Albutt-Wilkinson
RSSB RSSB Member David Gray Northern Trains Limited Passenger Train Operators Member Denzel Collins Network Rail Infrastructure Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Edmund Derby Department for Transport Government Member Emma Alexander First Rail Holdings Limited Independent Chair Harriet Illidge CrossCountry Trains Passenger Train Operators Member Jason Brooker GT Railway Passenger Train Operators Member Jenny Smith Rock Infrastructure Infrastructure Managers Member Jessica Lockwood CrossCountry Trains Passenger Train Operators Member Jessica Vanstaden South West Railways Passenger Train Operators Member Katie Goldsmith First Transpennine Express Passenger Train Operators Member Maggie Simpson Rail Freight Group Non Passenger Train Operators Member Mark Riley Great Western Railway Passenger Train Operators Member Megan Roseblade Rail Delivery Group Passenger Train Operators Member Neil Wait High Speed Two (HS2) Limited Infrastructure Managers Member Nick Schofield Freightliner Non Passenger Train Operators Member Philbert Chan RSSB RSSB Member Rei Tooman Avanti West Coast Passenger Train Operators Member Samuel Marchant LNER Passenger Train Operators Member ShitalShirsat Rohekor HS2 Infrastructure Managers Member Simon Fung Porterbrook Leasing Company Limited ROSCO Member Sophie Coleman Department for Transport Government Observer Steven Byrne East West Rail Passenger Train Operators Member Tara Peters Great Western Railway Passenger Train Operators Member Victoria Raggio South Eastern Passenger Train Operators Member
