{"id":249812,"date":"2025-07-11T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railuk.com\/?p=179750"},"modified":"2025-07-11T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T10:00:00","slug":"railway-industry-association-celebrates-150-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=249812","title":{"rendered":"Railway Industry Association celebrates 150 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Railway Industry Association (RIA) marked its 150th anniversary last night with a special celebration in London, bringing together its members and the wider railway industry, policy makers and influencers, key stakeholders, and communications and media professionals.<\/p>\n

Some 600 people attended the \u2018RIA 150 Celebration\u2019, hosted in partnership with Railway 200, to honour both the Association\u2019s historic landmark year and its key contribution to the development of the UK railway industry for 15 decades.<\/p>\n

Guests joined from across the diverse rail supply community and heard speeches from RIA\u2019s Chief Executive Darren Caplan and Chair Noel Travers, Angie Doll, chief executive Officer at GTR, Andy Lord, commissioner for Transport for London, and Justin Moss, rail director at Gleeds.<\/p>\n

The occasion included a networking reception with food and drinks, a charity raffle in support of the Railway Children, live acoustic music, and the launch of RIA\u2019s commemorative book, titled \u2018Steam to Digital: 150 years of the Railway Industry Association\u2019.<\/p>\n

Commenting on the RIA 150 Celebration, RIA Chief Executive Darren Caplan said: \u201cIt really is a privilege to be surrounded by so many members and friends of the Railway Industry Association, as we celebrate our 150th Anniversary. To mark this major landmark in RIA\u2019s history, we\u2019ve published the RIA 150 book, entitled \u2018Steam to Digital: 150 years of the Railway Industry Association\u2019, which outlines the Association\u2019s rich history from its beginnings as the Locomotive Manufacturers\u2019 Association in 1875, through decades of transformation, to the present day.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to thank all of our valued members, both past and present, as well as key stakeholders and rail professionals, for their ongoing support, and also the fantastic RIA team which has worked so hard for the Association in all its incarnations over the years. Together, their contributions have allowed us to champion a dynamic UK rail supply sector for the last 150 years and we will continue to seek to do so in the decades to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Image credit: RIA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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