Public Interest Group

The HSR Public Interest Group is a unique grouping of public sector and rail industry organisations that came together to sponsor a programme of work on high-speed rail. Originally formed in summer 2008 to fund the HSR Development Programme which resulted in the Fast Forward strategy, the group has continued to fund research on high-speed rail.

The members of the HSR Public Interest Group between 2008 and 2011  included:

• Advantage West Midlands
• Association of North East Councils
• Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC)
• BAA
• Birmingham City Council
• City of Edinburgh Council
• City of London Corporation
• East of England Development Agency
• East Midlands Development Agency
• Glasgow City Council
• Glasgow-Edinburgh Collaboration Initiative
• Greater Manchester PTE
• Great Western Partnership
• Network Rail
• Newcastle City Council
• The Northern Way (the partnership of the three northern RDAs)
• Nottingham City Council and Nottinghamshire County Council
• pteg (the Passenger Transport Executive Group)
• Railway Industry Association
• Scottish Enterprise
• South East of Scotland Transport Partnership (SEStran)
• Sheffield City Region
• South East England Development Agency
• Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
• Transport for London