Rail Alliance 2017

3rd Party Exhibitions & Conferences Railtex, RVE, Infrarail, Innotrans and Advanced Engineering are the big industry events at which the Rail Alliance will always be found, in addition to supporting a variety of relevant conferences and seminars and carefully selected trade exhibitions.At specific exhibitions we offer members a place on the Rail Alliance Hub guaranteeing a heightened presence, and we are able to negotiate various exclusive discounts for members at many other conferences and events. • Route-to-market support and advice –We offer a variety of ways in which we can help companies established in rail, and those new to the sector and our focus is always on supporting our members in the supply chain.This is done in a variety of ways from face-to-face introductions at our events to tailored introductions up and down the supply chain as is relevant to your company.We can provide

Rail News, Rail Professional,The Manufacturer to mention a few. We also send out regular email newsletters to our members and our wider industry contacts with a variety of information as well as member news features. Please share this newsletter with your colleagues so that everyone in your organisation can take advantage of being a member of the Rail Alliance. • Provision of an international test & trial scheme “Test Voucher Scheme” or otherwise known as TVS – http://www.railalliance.co.uk/test-trial-voucher.We provide

companies access to an approved test & trials centre – one of several in the UK.The Rail Safety and Standards Board’s (RSSB) Test Voucher Scheme (TVS) gives up to (typically) three days subsidised access to test and trials facilities within the UK to assist UK-based companies in developing their products, goods and services for the rail sector. Typically, this assistance is offered to companies

advice on the product approvals and acceptance processes and have extensive knowledge across the team of this area. Behind the scenes we sit on a number of significant closed industry meetings, the information from which we use to further support our services - including the Rail Delivery Group, RISQS and several more. Our Chairman is Secretariat

transiting through the latter stages of the product development programme. Depending on individual requirements this may include test loop and infrastructure, traction, rolling stock and trials staff time.

to the Rail Supply Group (www.railsupplygroup. org) giving the Rail Alliance and its members an important platform to help shape the UK strategy for rail. • Marketing support –We are very active

on social media (twitter and LinkedIn) and encourage all of our members to follow and tag us on twitter.We can also produce member case studies to publish on our website in addition to sharing news stories.We are extremely proud of the strong media relationships that we have with all of the mainstream rail, manufacturing and engineering publications – including: RAIL, RailReview, Railway Gazette, International Railway Journal (IRJ) Modern Railways, Rail Reconnections, Rail Infrastructure,

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