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SNC-Lavalin flying the flag for rail managers

2016 has been a big year for us says SNC-Lavalin managing director Richard George. In the company’s own words, it has been a year...

Charity and safety take centre stage

Network Rail’s Bill Cooke would have been briefly disappointed to miss out on the Safety Person of the Year award to John Abbott and...

What it’s all about

‘It’s all about teamwork isn’t it,’ says Roger Stewart, a director at Coyle Personnel, one of the largest suppliers of contingent labour to Britain’s...

Community champion and star recruiter honoured

An emotional Suzanne Nicholls collected a deserved Station Staff of the Year award at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena and was followed by Recruiter/HR Person of...

Outstanding customer service and first female engineering award winner

Danny Roberts of TransPennine Express and Natalie Dickinson from ISS Labour were the first winners of the night at the 2016 RailStaff Awards. Danny, a...

A family affair

Teams that form a strong bond often refer to themselves as a family. Hitachi’s Ashford train maintenance crew - the winners of the Depot...

Communicating success

Communications, both the wired sort and the spoken word, are at the heart of the rail industry. Signallers need to communicate with drivers, staff with...

Grasp your opportunity

It will be someone who grasps the opportunities put in front of them that will win the RailStaff Awards 2016 Graduate of the Year...

New blood

The RailStaff Awards sells itself on variety. One moment a long- serving employee can be receiving a lifetime achievement award for their rich, sometimes...

Building a stronger workforce for the future

People often refer back to inspirational teachers from their formative years when asked why they pursued a particular career path. Even for those who may...

RailSport National Angling Championship returns to Wolvey

An experienced field of around 160 competitors arrived in Warwickshire last month in search of the catch that would net them a trophy at...

Deploy and deliver

The term ‘infrastructure’ has a wide definition when talking about the railway. The track itself is actually one of the final components - a finishing...

Celebrating rail industry leaders

The Hendy report sought to identify and offer solutions for some of the funding and delivery challenges hindering Network Rail’s ambitious forward programme of...

A multi-disciplinary, multi-talented bunch

The majority of people in the UK will benefit from at least one Amey service every day, says the company’s business director for the...

Somme Offensive marked by railway

The rail industry continues its commemoration of the First World War with a series of events to mark the Battle of the Somme in...

Three Peaks triumph

This year's Three Peaks Challenge by Rail raised close to £165,000 for Railway Children, bringing the total raised for the charity to £2.4 million. Three...

RailSport 2016

LOROL capped their victory in this year's RailSport Games five-a-side final with a beautifully lofted goal from behind the halfway line - a high...

Rail Franchising – Live at Leeds

Top rail and community leaders came together in Leeds last month to discuss new thinking about creating the sustainable railway of the future. Sustainability -...