Railway Industry Association

RIA is also a member of the Rail Innovation Family , a grouping of the UK’s major representative organisations in the rail supply sector, set up in June 2019 with the aim of providing greater and clearer support for suppliers seeking to bring innovation into the rail industry.

The Articles of Association set out how RIA is governed by a Board of rail industry leaders from the various sub sectors such as rolling stock, infrastructure, SMEs and consultants.

RIA Membership provides a number of benefits, helping you to navigate and succeed in the rail industry.

You can view the RIA Member Directory by clicking the link below.

The Voice of the Supply Chain

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.

We promote and represent our members’ interests to policy makers, clients and other stakeholders in the UK and overseas.

RIA has 360+ companies in membership in a sector that contributes £36 billion in economic growth and £11 billion in tax revenue each year, as well as employing 600,000 people—more than the workforce of Birmingham. It is also a growing industry, supporting environmental economic growth and investment.

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). RIA works to promote the importance of the rail system to UK plc, to help export UK expertise around the globe and to share best practice and innovation across the industry.