Minister of State (Minister for Rail)

Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE

Biography

Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Transport on 8 July 2024.

Minister of State (Minister for Rail)

The Rail Minister is responsible for:聽

• rail transformation and reform聽
• rail markets聽
• rail infrastructure聽
• High Speed 2 (HS2)聽
• international rail聽
• rail freight聽
• rail accessibility聽
• rail decarbonisation聽
• the British Transport Police
• Office of Rail and Road (ORR)

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• Leisure travel tops charts for reasons people choose rail
  • 08 April 2025
  • Press release
• Passenger experience put first in multimillion pound competition driving rail innovation
  • 06 April 2025
  • Press release
• East West Rail services planned to begin this year as Chiltern Railways named operator
  • 25 March 2025
  • Press release
• Updates to National Technical Specification Notices for rail interoperability
  • 05 March 2025
  • Written statement
• Trials for contactless ticketing in the North and Midlands takes another step closer
  • 26 February 2025
  • Press release
• Simpler train travel for the South East as contactless ticketing rolls out at 47 more stations
  • 20 January 2025
  • Press release
• Operators in public ownership to keep customers moving during disruption
  • 20 December 2024
  • Press release
• Transport Secretary sets out 5 key priorities to deliver the biggest overhaul to transport in a generation
  • 10 July 2024
  • Press release

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