After nearly four decades in the railway industry, Howard Smith OBE, director of the Elizabeth line, is retiring from Transport for London (TfL). Speaking...
Employees of the railway never stop learning, and the industry is generous when it comes to providing courses and qualifications. RailStaff looks over the...
Liam Johnston
Sometimes, there are platforms where trains fail to arrive. Not because of engineering works or signal failures, but because something more profound has...
Molly Jean Crowther, chief financial officer of Young Rail Professionals, tells us her story of career change during uncertain times and how a degree...
RailStaff sat down with the founders of Advance TRS Management Consultancy, to discuss the success of their innovative and agile venture.
Since 2011, Advance TRS...
Colin Wheeler
The privatisation of our railways served a purpose when introduced but many will welcome the introduction of the unifying organisation Great British Railways....
Two Network Rail staff with military backgrounds are helping service leavers find rewarding new careers in rail.
The rail industry employs thousands of ex-armed forces...
Bonnie Price, CEO of the Young Rail Professionals (YRP) looks back at Railweek 2025 and encourages organisations to get involved next year.
There is something...
Columnist Daisy Chapman-Chamberlain explores the link between access to travel and community wellbeing.
When we think of ‘health’, we usually picture hospitals, undertaking physical activities,...
Matthew Moxon, head of talent acquisition at Northern, joined the rail industry in September 2023. He talks to RailStaff about his experience of working...
