The Railway Industry Association
The Railway Industry Association (RIA) is the voice of the UK rail supply community. We help to grow a sustainable, high-performing, railway supply industry, and to export UK rail expertise and products.
RIA has 300+ companies in membership in a sector that contributes £43 billion in economic growth and £14 billion in tax revenue each year, as well as employing 710,000 people. It is also a vital industry for the UK’s economic recovery, supporting green investment and jobs in towns and communities across the UK; for every £1 spent in rail, £2.50 is generated in the wider economy.
RIA’s membership is active across the whole of railway supply, covering a diverse range of products and services and including both multi-national companies and SMEs (60% by number).
Our main activities are to:
- Represent members’ interests to clients, Government and politicians, regulators, and others
- Offer a forum for dialogue and networking between industry colleagues
- Provide information and insight to members
- Promote exports of members’ products and services
- RIA regularly engages with Ministers and civil servants in Government, in particular at the Departments for Transport (DfT) and the Department for Business and Trade (DBT). We also work with all major clients across the UK. This includes: Network Rail, Transport Scotland, Transport for Wales, HS2, Transport for London (TfL), East West Rail, and many others.
RIA also works with a range of industry partners to help drive positive change in our sector, on areas such as decarbonisation, innovation, equality and diversity or supporting SMEs. This includes: High Speed Rail Group (HSRG), Rail Delivery Group (RDG), Rail Freight Group (RFG), RSSB, CECA, Campaign for Better Transport, Women in Rail and Young Rail Professionals, amongst others.
