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 Limited (East Midlands Railway)
- 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
- 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
- Freightliner Heavy Haul Limited
- Freightliner Limited
- GB Railfreight Limited
- Hanson & Hall, Rail Services Solutions Ltd
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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
- 3Squared Limited
- AB Hoses and Fittings Limited
- Abbott Risk Consulting Limited
- AEGIS Engineering Systems (AES) Limited
- Alstom Transport UK Limited
- Amey Rail Limited
- Arbor Division Limited
- AssessTech Limited
- Atkins Limited
- AW Rail Services Limited
- Belper Rail Engineering Ltd
- Buckingham Group Contracting
- C. K. Contracts Limited
- CACI Limited
- CAF Rail UK Limited
- CCL Universal Limited
- Centergreat Rail Limited
- CHG Electrical Limited
- Coombes Forestry Limited
- DJ Civil Engineering Limited
- Ebeni Limited
- e-train Learning Limited
- Frazer-Nash Consultancy Limited
- Furrer+Frey GB Limited
- Gateway Consultants (HSW) Limited
- Ground Transportation Systems UK Limited
- Hedson Rail Limited
- High Speed Rail Solutions
- Hitachi Rail Limited
- Inspire (Structures) Limited
- Integrum Power Engineering Limited
- Kilborn Consulting Limited
- Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems (UK) Limited
- Koncept Rail Solutions
- Lenz Labs
- Linbrooke Services Ltd
- L&W Contractors Limited
- Loram UK Limited
- LPA Industries Limited
- Mandy Rail Limited
- Meridian Generic Rail Limited
- Mott Macdonald Group Limited
- North South Rail Limited
- Ove Arup & Partners International Limited (ARUP)
- Pandrol (Vortok) Limited
- 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
- Resonate Group Limited
- Ricardo Rail Limited
- Siemens Mobility
- Studio One Consulting Limited
- Schweizer Electronic Ltd
- Taylor Airey Limited
- TES 2000 Limited
- Tracsis PLC
- Turnkey Signal Sighting Limited
- UK Rail Leasing Limited
- Unipart Rail Limited
- VA Rail Limited
- W&D McCulloch Ltd
- Weedfree Limited
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Affiliates
- Acmena
- Barclays
- 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
- Korea Railroad Research Institute
- Merseytravel
- MTR Hong Kong
- National Express Rail Germany
- National Fire Chiefs Council
- Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator (ONRSR)
- On Track Technicians Limited
- Pacific National
- ProRail
- Public Transport Authority Western Australia
- Qatar Rail
- Rail for London (Infrastructure) Limited
- Rail Forum
- Rail Freight Group
- Rail Industry Association
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution
- Saudi Arabia Railways
- Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
- TrackSAFE Foundation - Australia
- Train'd Up
- Translink NI
- Transport Canada (Rail Safety)
- Transport for London
- Transport for Wales
- West Somerset Railway
- WH Malcolm
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