⭐ Train passengers contribute £9bn to independent businesses every year! This recent report from Rail Delivery Group demonstrates the wider importance of rail to local economies and communities. Key takeaways include: 🏪 Rail brings over £23bn to UK high streets 🚉 72% of people view having a station as important 🏢 Passengers spend £32 on average in the towns and cities they depart from 👛 40% spend more money when travelling by rail https://lnkd.in/e3knc6Uc
Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT)
Rail Transportation
Creating a simpler better railway for everyone in Britain
About us
The Great British Railways Transition Team seeks to deliver the most ambitious changes to our railways in a generation, working with the government and across the rail sector.
- Website
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https://gbrtt.co.uk/
External link for Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT)
- Industry
- Rail Transportation
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- London
- Type
- Public Company
- Founded
- 2021
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Primary
Waterloo General Offices, London Waterloo Station
London, SE1 8SW, GB
Employees at Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT)
Updates
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💡 “Our vision is a railway where everyone has a real chance to reach their potential - no matter their socio-economic background." 🚉 These words from Andrew Haines at last week’s launch of the 'Industry Social Mobility Network' set the tone for an important discussion on creating equal career opportunities in the rail industry. The event brought together rail leaders, Derby City Council, Youth Futures Foundation and students from Derby College to discuss key issues including: 💬 The impact of poverty 💬 Access to opportunities 💬 The need to highlight the wide range of careers in rail beyond train driving 💬 The importance of seeing representatives of your community in senior roles 👫🏽 A big thank you to Rail Unites for Inclusion for organising this inspiring event as part of their Black History Month programme. Together, we’re taking steps to ensure the rail industry is inclusive and accessible to all. #SocialMobility #RailCareers #DiversityInclusion #GBRTT #BlackHistoryMonth
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🚆 Business travel by rail is on the rise! 🚆 🙌Rail passenger revenue from business travel grew by an impressive 21% in Q1 2024 (April - June) compared with the same period last year, according to our latest analysis. 🌍Choosing the train over your car isn’t just smart for your wallet, it's better for the planet too - with rail travel proving to be the lower carbon option for 94% of business journeys across Britain. 🎵 Commuting and leisure travel is also on the up - a 7% increase year-on-year, with an extra swift boost to leisure travel thanks to a certain global megastar's sold-out UK Summer tour... Find out more 👉 https://lnkd.in/enUhkEZD #TrainTravelSnapshot #GBRTT #Carbon #Climate
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Last week #GBRTT's Customer & Revenue Growth Director Suzanne Donnelly joined the customer panel at the West Coast Partnership conference alongside leaders from Avanti West Coast, Merseyrail, and Destination Liverpool. Suzanne shared insight into: ✅ Improving customer experience 📈 Boosting revenue 📉 Reducing rail’s net subsidy 🚆 How a 'one railway' approach can simplify the rail offering for passengers It was a great opportunity to showcase the rail industry's collaborative efforts in driving growth and enhancing the passenger experience. #OneRailway #CustomerExperience #Collaboration #SustainableTransport
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🚂 All aboard! Next year marks 200 years of the modern railway - a major milestone for Britain’s rail industry. Railway 200 will celebrate the past, present, and future of rail, highlighting its legacy of innovation, community impact, customer-focused improvements and sustainability. #Railway200 aims to inspire the next generation of rail travel and we’re proud to be part of this journey alongside industry partners and local communities. Stay tuned for updates on this historic celebration! #Railway200 #GBRTT #GBR #FutureOfRail
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🌟 Celebrating 200 Years of the modern Railway! 🌟 With just over 100 days to go until the launch of the Railway 200 celebrations, excitement is building for what promises to be a historic year-long event, marking two centuries of innovation and progress in rail. 📅 What to Expect in 2025: 🌍 International festival programme inspired by the first journey on the Stockton and Darlington Railway 🎟️ Nation-wide rail sale 🚂 Spectacular assembly of trains and rail exhibits 🚨 UK locomotive ‘whistle-off’ 🎨 Large-scale outdoor events, exhibitions, and new art commissions across world-class venues Railway 200 promises to be an unforgettable celebration of the past, present, and future of rail 👉 https://railway200.co.uk/ #Railway200 #GBRTT #SimplerBetter
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🙌 The Generation Logistics campaign is helping to inspire more people to explore all that logistics has to offer... 🚆 Exciting career opportunities await young people in the rail industry, especially within logistics, where fresh ideas and diverse perspectives are always needed. 💡 With a rapidly evolving railway sector, now is the perfect time for fresh talent to step in and make an impact - shaping a better railway for the future. 📹 Here's a sneak peek into #GBRTT's Alice Bulpin (CMILT) career path… #Logistics #RailCareers #FutureTalent
Alice Bulpin (CMILT) studied a degree apprenticeship before entering logistics. Now, she's following an exciting, varied career in the sector at Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) 🛤️ Find out more about her story ⬇️
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Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) reposted this
Next stop – a more inclusive and representative railway! Last Thursday saw the launch of the Next Stop - Your Future, Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) funded programme, an exciting new cross-sector development initiative, being led by our RUI Co-Chairs – Apeksha Naik Co-Chair of Rail Unites for Inclusion and Odis Palmer, as well as RUI leadership team member and GBRTT Project Manager – Dante Frederick, alongside Gamiel Yafai and Jiten Patel. Key-note speakers included Rufus Boyd, Lead Director, GBRTT and Martin Thayne, People and Culture Director, GBRTT. The nine-month programme is designed specifically for non-managers from underrepresented groups within the industry, marking a first-of-its-kind non-management pan-industry programme to foster inclusivity and diversity across our sector. "This programme is about ensuring broad inclusivity, including participants with a wide range of lived experiences, fostering diverse representation across the railway," said Industry Inclusion & Belonging Lead Apeksha Naik. "We are proud to have the involvement of learners, managers, mentors and executive sponsors from across twenty industry organisations, including train operators, Rail Delivery Group, and Network Rail, creating a truly industry-wide initiative." Inclusion & Belonging Lead Odis Palmer added: "This will empower learners with new skills and experiences, which they can then bring back to their teams to drive positive change both within their organisations and across the industry." Speaking at the launch event, GBRTT Lead Director, Rufus Boyd said: “This exciting programme forms part of a huge and broader cultural change in the sector that I really care about. “If we are to be everything that this current government wants from the railway, with its freshness and its newness and its diversity – then programmes like this really are going to make a huge difference and attribute to our collective successes.” Below are some photos taken at the event of the speakers and attendees, details are available in Alt+ text.
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🤔 Predicting the future has always been a challenging task (just look up Cassandra and the Trojans!), but the pandemic has made the job of rail forecasters harder still. 📈 Understanding how much money the railway can expect to earn from passenger journeys in the medium-term helps leaders to plan where they target investment. But when the pandemic hit, it changed much of the conventional wisdom underpinning rail forecasting. 🚆 The National Industry Revenue Model (NIRM) was built to adapt to rail’s ‘new normal’ and offers a clear, big-picture prediction of passenger revenue, helping rail leaders better anticipate changes in demand across the railway. 👇 Find out more about this model in our latest blog, by our Revenue Forecasting Lead Ana Chan. #RailReform #GBRTT #forecasting
Transforming the way rail forecasts revenue in post-pandemic Britain
Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) on LinkedIn
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Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) reposted this
Great news for rail passengers! The Secretary of State for Transport today announced that there would be a national seat sale to mark next year’s 200th anniversary of the modern railway, encouraging more people to take the train on discounted tickets for great days out. Details to follow. #Railway200 Rail Delivery Group Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) Department for Transport (DfT), United Kingdom