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RailStaff Awards – Celebrating the railway family

‘If it’s a family, as you claim, then it’s certainly a dysfunctional one,’ said a mainstream journalist. ‘Industrial unrest, mis-selling tickets - I bet...

Quintinshill remembered

The Princess Royal and Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, both took part in events to mark the centenary of Britain’s worst rail disaster. The 1915...

Young Rail Professionals – To the ball

April saw the Young Rail Professionals (YRP) Annual Black Tie Dinner, a yearly celebration of young people in rail. Always a glittering spectacle, this year’s...

Building rail telecommunications networks with Westermo

Free Introduction to IP courses will be on offer on Wednesday, 10 June at Rail Media House in Coalville. To mark its continued sponsorship of the Signalling...

Everest Base Camp rail team backs Nepal appeal

As international relief agencies switch from rescue operations to keeping survivors alive and rebuilding houses and infrastructure, Rail Media’s Adam O’Connor has renewed calls...

Major incidents and the role of reporting

Safety conferences aren’t particularly emotional places. The legal and regulatory responsibilities often take centre stage. Delegates sit, take notes from colleagues on things they...

My Work app records millionth work order

Paul Ellis and his team at Liverpool Delivery Unit have been singled out for praise after submitting the millionth work order using the My...

Midland Main Line electrification – A fairytale ending

The Midland Main Line (MML) is described as being something of a ‘Cinderella’ railway. That’s a nice way of saying that it hasn’t seen much in the...

Digital countdown

‘We need to grasp the opportunity of digital train control far faster’, says Mark Carne, chief executive of Network Rail. ‘The digital railway will...

The history of Siberian Railways

The history of Siberian railways, their engineering and operational challenges and future development is to be the subject of a presentation “Siberian Railways – Past,...

Top Speakers for Rail Exec

Three of the most charismatic leaders in the new rail industry have been confirmed as speakers at this year’s first Rail Exec Club lunch...

Steam Drama at King’s Cross

The Olivier Award-winning stage version of Edith Nesbit’s ‘The Railway Children’ is set for further performances during school holidays this year at its purpose-built...

Big top sensation sweeps rail

‘I must thank Pat Tollar in the Rail Media office,’ said Sally Ralston of Merseyrail at the RailStaff Awards 2014. Sally had nominated several...

More than a match

Chris Nutty is an educational project worker for the train drivers’ union ASLEF. Here he tells the story of a little known piece of...

Brunel medal for Orange Army

The team of engineers who worked round the clock to reopen the Dawlish railway following storms that breached the sea wall has been awarded...

Charity role for Colas Rail

Colas Rail is sponsoring the David Maidment Award for Charity at the RailStaff Awards 2014. The new category is named after David Maidment, founder...

TBF backs Station Staff of the Year

The Transport Benevolent Fund is backing the Station Staff of the Year Award at this year’s RailStaff Awards. With a membership at over 43,000,...

Rail Team Role for CDI AndersElite

CDI AndersElite, the rail and safety critical recruitment experts, are proud to be sponsoring Rail Team of the Year at the 7th annual RailStaff...