Interview: “The railway is an essential public service” - Ben Plowden

Ben Plowden has joined Campaign for Better Transport on the cusp of the greatest changes on the railway since the mid-1990s. And he is optimistic about their potential - providing we get the architecture right.

“Track and train coming together is critical in delivering benefits and savings. But equally important is working back from the societal outcomes you want the transport system to support - economic productivity, decarbonisation, improving people’s life chances in left-behind communities,” he tells RAIL.