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RailStaff March 2018: Technology and Partnership Awards

https://issuu.com/railmedia/docs/railstaff-march-18

HS1 CEO calls on rail industry to tackle ‘outdated 1950s stereotypes’

Dyan Crowther, chief executive of HS1 Ltd, has stressed the importance of tackling the industry's "outdated 1950s stereotypes" as it seeks to recruit the next...

Network Rail route trials use of drones for large structure inspections

Network Rail's structures asset management team on the London North Eastern and East Midlands route is trialling the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)...

Extra line commissioned on Kettering-Corby route

Passengers between Kettering and Corby have begun using newly commissioned track and signalling following the completion of a £130 million project. Since construction began in 2014,...

Crossrail CEO Andrew Wolstenholme to step down

Crossrail has announced that its CEO, Andrew Wolstenholme, will step down after seven years to take up a position in the private sector. Andrew's departure...

Grand Central makes bid for new services

Open access operator Grand Central has started the consultation process to operate more services per day. If approved, Grand Central will operate six return services...

HS2 plans to be modified in support of high-speed service to Stoke-on-Trent

A high-speed service could be becoming to Stoke-on-Trent after transport secretary Chris Grayling backed plans to extend a key platform at Crewe station. HS2 Phase...

Elizabeth line train drives through new tunnels for the first time

An Elizabeth line train has been driven through the new tunnels underneath London for the first time. The start of testing marks a major milestone...

UK universities announce multi-million pound rail research partnership

The UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN) - a collaboration between the rail industry and eight universities - has been formally launched. Working in...

Greater Anglia Aventras take shape

Greater Anglia has released images of its new Aventra fleet coming together at Bombardier's factory in Derby. Full assembly of 111 brand new trains is...

RailStaff February 2018: Let’s talk – Why mental health matters

https://issuu.com/railmedia/docs/railstaff-february-18

Inquiry launched into East Coast franchise failure

Serious questions are to be asked of Virgin Trains East Coast (VTEC), Network Rail and transport ministers over the failure of the East Coast...

Crossrail: reaching new heights

There's far more to Crossrail than a 73-mile railway. Stewart Thorpe discovers how the project has helped to set new wellbeing standards.  Accident levels during...

New Night Overground services to connect to Night Tube network

New Night Overground services connecting to Canonbury and Highbury & Islington stations have been announced by Transport for London. Launching on February 23, the service...

Honour for heroes who helped contain Nottingham station blaze

Emergency crews from BTP and Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue have had their names cast on two nameplates on an East Midlands Trains’ (EMT) HST...

Opening up about mental health

Sharon Stevens remembers the exact moment last year when her depression caught up with her. It was a Friday morning. She opened up her...

Arriva Trains Wales completes £500,000 makeover of Class 142 and 143 fleet

Arriva Trains Wales has completed a £500,000 refurbishment of its fleet of Class 142 and 143 Pacer DMUs. The 30 two-carriage trains, which operate on the...

Siemens to open £8m bogie service centre in Lincoln

Siemens has announced it is opening a bogie service centre in Lincoln. The £8 million investment will see up to 40 skilled rail technician roles created...