By David Burroughs, International Railway Journal; August 16, 2018
THE head of Britain’s Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents operators and infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR), has called for major changes to the role of the private sector in passenger rail to deliver more for customers, communities, taxpayers and the economy.
In a column in The Times newspaper on August 16, a day after it was announced the price of regulated rail fares will rise by up to 3.2% in January 2019, RDG chief executive Mr Paul Plummer called for “once-in-a-generation reform” in the industry.