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From operational support to having a seat on the board

Long-serving Hull Trains employee Louise Mendham has been appointed as its new production director. She joined the open access operator 14 years ago as operational...

Tackling the plant operative shortage

Flannery Plant Hire is working to help tackle the industry's skills gap while working on HS2. The Wembley-based company currently has 30 plant operatives involved...

Ex-Network Rail MD Phil Hufton joins Bombardier

Bombardier Transportation has announced that Phil Hufton, the former managing director of Network Rail for England and Wales, will become its new managing director...

TfL helps people with learning disabilities launch new careers

Hundreds of thousands of passengers pass through King’s Cross St Pancras Underground station every day. It was the busiest station on the network last...

RailSport 2018: Speed, stamina and passion at the 25th annual games

Between 8-9 September, the long-running industry sports event welcomed hundreds of competitors back to Loughborough to challenge rivals old and new for a RailSport...

Wrestling in the rail industry

Philip Roberts recently returned from the Commonwealth Games in Australia as part of England’s medal-winning wrestling squad. The 28-year-old has wrestled since the age...

What steps are being taken to reduce the risk posed by working at height?

Working at height is a common scenario on worksites. It can include anything from using a ladder to working on a flat roof.  Anywhere...

RailStaff: 250 issues not out

When RailStaff was launched at the tail end of the last millennium, it wasn’t just the beginning of a new age for Britain’s railways....

Eurostar’s beekeepers

A colony of bees that is looked after by Eurostar colleagues is expected to produce enough honey in 2018 to make the high-speed operator...

Ex-HS2 CEO joins Nichols

Simon Kirby, the former chief executive of HS2 and chief operating officer of Rolls-Royce, has joined the Nichols Group as an associate senior advisor. In...

Talyllyn Railway’s first apprentice

Talyllyn Railway, a narrow gauge heritage line in Wales, has hired its first ever apprentice. Oscar Hutchinson, of Abergynolwyn, has been taken on as an...

Guard agreement for new Merseyrail trains

A landmark deal has been struck between Merseyrail, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and RMT Union to have a second member of staff on board its...

New head of commercial at Heathrow Express

Heathrow Express has appointed Chris Crauford, the former head of commercial planning at Heathrow Airport, as its new head of commercial. The role was formerly...

New MD for HS2 JV

Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) has appointed Mark Davies as the managing director for its HS2 joint venture (JV). Mark Davies will take on the role...

CEO steps aside at Aspin Group after overseeing business restructure

Graeme Castle (Pictured) has replaced Russell Ward as the CEO of civil engineering group Aspin. Ward was appointed CEO of Aspin Group in March 2017, to...

RailSport National Angling Championships 2018

RailSport's 2018 National Angling Championships was once more held at the Makins Fishery, Wolvey, Warwickshire, on 14 August. The site is split into three zones with 18 lakes and...

PC Wayne Marques returns to work

London Bridge hero PC Wayne Marques has returned to light duties with the British Transport Police. During the terrorist attack in June 2017,  PC Marques...

Transport for Wales appoints rail director

Not-for-profit organisation Transport for Wales (TfW) has appointed Alexia Course (right) as director of rail operations. Alexia joins from Network Rail where she was programme director for...