stablished in response
to the 2011 McNulty
Report, the RDG provides
leadership by focusing
on industry-wide issues,
including contributing to a strategy
and long-term vision for the railway. It
is tasked with informing key choices
facing government and the industry’s
development of plans in response to
government output specifications.
Integration within the RDG of the
functions of the former Association of Train
Operating Companies was completed in
October 2016.
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Paul Plummer took up his role as Chief
Executive of the RDG in November 2015.
He began working in the railway sector
in 1999 as Chief Economist and Director
of Economics and Finance at the Office of
Rail Regulation (now the Office of Rail &
Road). He joined Network Rail in 2002, and
in 2008 he was appointed to the Network
Rail Board as an Executive Director and
Group Strategy Director at Network Rail
Infrastructure Ltd. In 2011 he became one
of two Network Rail members of the RDG. Exhibition Manager Kirsten Whitehouse
says: “We are very pleased that Paul
Plummer has agreed to open this
year’s show at short notice. The Rail
Development Group plays a pivotal role in
the future development of the rail industry
and we are confident that those attending
Railtex will be very keen to hear what he
has to say.”
After opening Railtex, Paul Plummer
will deliver a keynote speech. He will
then undertake a tour of the exhibition
accompanied by Darren Caplan, Chief
Executive of the Railway Industry
Association, and Stephen Brooks,
Chairman of the Mack Brooks Group,
organisers of the event. By mid-April the number of companies
exhibiting at Railtex 2017, which takes
place in Halls 3 and 3a at the NEC from 9 to
11 May, stood at 476.
More information is available at
www.railtex.co.uk
About Railtex
Railtex is the essential showcase for products and services for the all sectors of the rail market in the UK. The show is held
biennially and has successfully served this market for more than 25 years. It is organised by Mack Brooks Exhibitions (www.
mackbrooks.com), which also runs the Infrarail series of railway infrastructure technology shows. Outside the UK, the
company’s regular rail industry exhibitions include SIFER in France and EXPO Ferroviaria in Italy.
Tel: (+44) (0)1727 814 400
Fax: (+44) (0)1727 814 401
Email: [email protected]
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