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Network Rail employee recognised in HM The King’s New Year Honours List for Ukraine Rail Aid work

Network Rail enployee Zoe Sookun has been awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to the railway through her work in project managing...

SWR colleagues feature in New Year Honours List

Medal (BEM) in the New Year Honours List. Chico Coulibaly, SWR’s Regional Manager based at Waterloo and Sam Camfield, Design Manager, have received their awards...

OBE for Great Western Railway and Network Rail director

A champion of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in the rail industry has been awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours list. Ruth Busby,...

AI and the rail industry of tomorrow

RailStaff takes a look at the use of AI in rail and considers its wider implications for the industry. You’ll hardly have missed the fact...

Rethinking New Year’s Resolutions: Embracing Empathy for Mental Well-being

As the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, a wave of optimism sweeps across countless individuals worldwide. The air is filled with aspirations...

Good practice for protecting mental health

The rail industry is more aware of the importance of mental health than ever before, acknowledging the importance of emotional well-being and taking steps...

Walk the Wigan to Bolton rail trail

David Shirres Throughout Britain there are 70 community rail partnerships (CRPs) that work with train operators on various initiatives including bringing stations to life. The...

Investing in the future of Scotland’s rainforest

Alex Hynes, managing director of Scotland’s Railway, sheds light on an industry-leading two-year pilot project to enhance natural habitats near the iconic Glenfinnan viaduct. Network...

RBF: supporting staff through the energy crisis

As we finally start to emerge from the winter months, soaring energy costs remain a fact of life. Average energy prices in the UK...

Moving forward in 2023

Colin Wheeler As we enter 2023, my aspiration for this year is to see an end to industrial disputes and for our railways to move...

Freightliner Co-sponsors New Children’s Book Raising Awareness of Diversity and Inclusion in the Rail Industry

On 24th November, Freightliner, a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), joined other co-sponsors at Wolverhampton Station to celebrate the launch of a...

Video highlights huge task of keeping Northern’s trains clean & tidy

Northern has released a video highlighting the monumental task its 500-strong team of train presentation operatives have to keep its fleet of 345 trains...

Rail Staff Christmas Carol Service returns

The Rail Staff Christmas Carol Service returns on Thursday 15 December at St Mary’s Church, Somers Town, London. The event brings the whole industry together...

If you can’t stand the heat…

Matt Atkins Has anyone else had enough of summer? If you’re not a fan of the heat, it’s certainly been a tough one, with two...

Riding Vietnam for Railway Children

This October, Advance TRS's director of client services & rail signalling, Sam Jennings will be taking part in Railway Children's Ride Vietnam challenge. As a...

A home for Great British Railways

Colin Wheeler The media frenzy following the resignation of Boris Johnson temporarily overshadowed progress in answering the arguably more important question of where Great British...

Great Musgrave – The inside track

Graeme Bickerdike There are hundreds of old railway bridges much like the one at Great Musgrave in Cumbria’s Eden Valley. The structure emerged from the...

GTR’s community project fund oversubscribed by £8 million in first year

‘Your Station, Your Community’, the £500,000 annual social and environmental improvement fund set up by Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), has been hugely oversubscribed, attracting...