Who joins RSSB and Why?
Growth in passenger and freight traffic tests railways to achieve and maintain higher performance under pressure. More recently, the Covid-19 pandemic has generated new challenges, both in terms of managing the impact of the virus, and longer-term economic recovery.
In the years ahead there will be bigger commercial and technological challenges to rail, including the need to increase capacity and customer satisfaction, while simultaneously reducing cost and carbon.The many different organisations that play a part in the railways are connected and dependent on one another through legal duties, contracts, procurement, relationships, and operation. Working in isolation is not an option.
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
- Abellio East Anglia Limited (Greater Anglia)
- Abellio East Midlands (East Midlands Railway)
- Abellio ScotRail Limited
- Arriva Rail London Limited
- c2c Trenitalia
- Chiltern Railways
- East West Railway
- Eurostar International Limited
- First Hull Trains Limited
- First MTR South Western (South Western Railway)
- First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Ltd (Avanti West Coast)
- Govia Thameslink Railway Limited
- Grand Central Railway Company Limited
- Great Western Railway Limited
- Heathrow Express Operating Company Limited
- KeolisAmey Docklands Limited
- KeolisAmey Wales
- Locomotive Services (TOC) Limited
- London North Eastern Railway Limited
- London & South Eastern Railway Limited
- Lumo
- Merseyrail Electrics (2002) Limited
- MTR Crossrail Limited
- Northern Trains Limited
- North Yorkshire Moors Railway Limited
- Pre Metro Operations Limited
- Rail Express Systems Limited
- Serco Caledonian Sleeper Limited
- Stagecoach Supertram Limited
- Swanage Railway Company Limited
- The Chiltern Railway Company Limited
- Transpennine Express Limited
- Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive Limited
- Vintage Trains Limited
- West Coast Railway Company Limited
- West Midlands Trains Limited
- XC Trains Limited
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Freight and other non-passenger train operators
- Devon and Cornwall Railways Limited
- Direct Rail Services Limited
- DB Cargo (UK) Limited
- DB Cargo International Limited
- Freightliner Limited
- Freightliner Heavy Haul Limited
- Hanson & Hall, Rail Services Solutions Ltd
- GB Railfreight Limited
- Rail Operations (UK) Limited
- SLC Operations Limited
- Varamis Rail
- Victa Railfreight Limited
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Infrastructure managers and owners
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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 Stimulations Ltd
- 3 Squared Limited
- AB Hoses and Fittings
- Abbott Risk Consulting Limited
- Advanced Transport & Infrastructure National College
- AEGIS Certification Services Ltd
- AEGIS Engineering Systems Limited
- A K Recruitment Limited
- Alstom Transport UK Limited
- Amey Rail Limited
- Arbor Division Limited
- Arcadia Alive Limited
- Arco Limited
- Artemis Intelligent Power Limited
- AssessTech Limited
- Atkins (SNC-Lavalin)
- AW Rail Services Limited
- Belper Rail Engineering Ltd
- Buckingham Group Contracting
- Business Lines Limited
- CACI Limited
- CAF Rail UK Limited
- C.K. Contracts Limited
- CCL Universal Limited
- Centergreat Rail Limited
- CHG Group
- Coombes Forestry Limited
- Cyient Europe Limited
- DJ Civil Engineering Limited
- DMS Rail and Martime Engineering Limited
- Dual Inventive Limited
- Dura Composites Limited
- East Coast Trains Limited
- Ebeni Limited
- Electrification Solutions Limited
- Emission Soultions Ltd (EMSOL)
- e-train Learning Limited
- European Friction Industries Ltd
- EYC Global Limited
- Faiveley Transport Birkenhead Limited
- Finning UK Limited
- Frazer-Nash Consultancy Limited
- Furrer+Frey GB Limited
- High Speed Rail Solutions
- Hitachi Information Control Systems Europe Limited
- Hedson Rail Limited
- Gateway Consultants (HSW) Ltd
- Gauge Communication Ltd
- Great Western Society Limited
- Hitachi Rail Europe Limited
- Independent Glass Co Limited
- INOVO Group
- Integrum Power Engineering Limited
- Jobson James Rail
- Key Environmental Services Limited
- Kilborn Consulting Limited
- Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems (UK) Limited
- KPI Rail & Infrastructure Limited
- L&W Contractors Limited
- Linbrooke ServicesLimited
- LMQ Limited
- LORAM UK
- LPA Industries Limited
- Mandy Rail Limited
- Marsh Commercial
- McCulloch Rail
- Meridian Generic Rail Limited
- Mott Macdonald Limited
- OLE Consulting Limited
- Ove Arup & Partners International Limited (ARUP)
- Pandrol (Vortok) Limited
- Parkes Transport Safety
- Plasser UK Limited
- Platform Edge Protection Limited
- Portaramp UK Limited
- Primat Recruitment Limited
- Pro-Active Recruitment Services Limited
- Protech Rail Engineering Limited
- Railcare Sweden Limited
- Rail Business Solutions Limited
- Railco Limited
- Rail Operational Development Ltd (RODL)
- Railway Approvals Limited
- Railway Competence Group Limited
- Razorsecure
- Resonate Group Limited
- Ricardo Rail Limited
- RTG Rail Services Limited
- Southside Rail Training Limited
- Siemens PLC
- Stadler Rail AG
- Stoughton Tree Care Ltd
- Studio One Consulting Ltd
- SYSTRA Limited
- Taylor Airey Limited
- Tate Technical Services Limited
- Tech Mahindra Limited
- TES 2000 Limited
- TesTex NDT Limited
- Thales Transport and Security Limited
- The QSS Group Limited
- Transport Design International Limited (TDI)
- Tracsis PLC
- TTG Technology (Europe) Limited
- UK Rail Leasing Limited
- Unipart Rail Limited
- VA Rail Limited
- Viva Rail Limited
- Voltserver Limited
- Weedfree Limited
- Worley
- WSP
- X-rail Group Limited
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Affiliates
- Barclays
- British Transport Police
- Carlisle Support Services
- Churchill Group
- Corridor
- Dentons UK Middle East LLP
- Digital Trains
- Eurotunnel
- Health and Safety Executive
- Heathrow Airport
- Innovace Design Limited
- Institution of Railway Operators
- Irish Rail
- Keolis Amey Metrolink
- Korea Railroad Research Institute
- Myton Law
- Merseytravel
- MTR Hong Kong
- National Express Rail Germany
- National Fire Chiefs Council
- On Track Technicians Limited
- Public Transport Authority Western Australia
- Qatar Rail
- Rail for London (Infrastructure) Limited
- Rail Forum
- Rail Freight Group
- Real Serious Games – Australia
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution
- Toshiba Japan
- Train'd Up
- Translink NI
- Transport for London
- Transport for Wales
- TXM Consult Limited
- Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
- UGL Australia
- West Somerset Railway
- WH Malcolm Limited
- Young Rail Professionals
Our Membership Benefits
Learn about the benefits of RSSB membership.
How to Become a Member
Learn about the benefits of becoming an RSSB member.
How to Become an Affiliate
Find out what RSSB affiliation can bring to your business.