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ScotRail apprentices graduate

A second tranche of hard-working ScotRail Modern Apprentices in Customer Service has graduated under a pioneering initiative to develop young talent. Around 70 guests — including Angela Constance,...

Rail Live 2014

Last year Network Rail, the Rail Alliance and Rail Media Group, hosted the first National Track Plant Exhibition at Long Marston. Hailed as a...

Local praise for orange army

Local people in Dawlish have taken rail’s Orange Army to heart – it’s official. As rail leaders and politicians headed west to Dawlish, local people congratulated...

Coventry capacity bonus for RailStaff Awards 2014

Capacity is a challenge for the RailStaff Awards just as it is for the rest of the rail industry. New ideas, increased nominations, more...

ARTP – The voice of training providers

Changing systems and standards is a challenge for all industries. Reforms can be a reaction to major incidents or they can just be part...

It’s Rail – Live!

Last year saw Network Rail, in collaboration with Rail Alliance and Rail Media, host the first National Track Plant Exhibition. It was a great...

Big breakfast for charity

Popular charity, the Railway Children, plans to stage a Big Breakfast on Friday 9th May 2014 as part of a network wide fund raising...

More safe working in 2014

The need to consider safety in every aspect of building, maintaining and operating Britain’s railway is clear and at the start of 2014 this...

1,000th carriage for Underground

Staff at Bombardier’s Derby plant celebrated the production of the 1,000th Sub-Surface line carriage for London Underground. Construction of SSL air-conditioned trains started in 2010...

Cable detection honours its ‘Dealer of the Year’

Cable Detection has named Precision Geomatics Limited as its Dealer of the Year 2013. Precision Geomatics Limited (PGLSurvey) won the award for its "outstanding performance...

High speed run

Seventeen months after the first Meridian reached 125 mph on the Midland Main Line, as part of a testing programme to determine the effects...

Omnicom system wins IET innovation award

Omnicom Engineering's OmniVision system has won the Asset Management category at this year's Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) Innovation Awards. OmniVision uses image capture...

Drivers reunited

Crewe-based London Midland driver Bob Fletcher was amongst around 80 former A4 crew members who gathered at the National Railway Museum on October 26...

Open day success

Staff at the Siemens train maintenance depot in Northam, Southampton raised £2,640 for those suffering with motor neurone disease by opening up the TMD...

War Memorial Returns

The historic war memorial at King’s Cross station has been reinstated at a special service held on Sunday 27th October ahead of Remembrance Day. Placed...

Fire Down Below

A potential simulated disaster underground is essential for training fire fighters and emergency services. For the first time in almost ten years a network of...

Learning curve for A-Star pupils

‘Education never stops and it’s time we put rail on the national curriculum,’ said Patricia Holgate of London Underground speaking at the start of...

Robbery staff remembered

The Reverend Richard Cook led a special service of remembrance for the victims of the Great Train Robbery on 8th August 2013, 50 years...