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Mark Pavlides joins GTR as chief customer officer

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has appointed Mark Pavlides as Chief Customer Officer. This new role is at the heart of decision-making for GTR and will...

TransPennine Express appoints new managing director

Chris Jackson has been appointed managing director of TransPennine Trains (TransPennine Express) effective from 14 September 2023. Chris has been leading TransPennine Express as interim...

New steering group appointment for Women in Rail Scotland

Women in Rail has welcomed a new member to its Scotland Steering Group. Laura McWilliams, capital delivery programme manager for Network Rail, joins the group,...

Loram UK names new managing director

Debbie Francis OBE has been appointed as the new managing director of Loram UK. Debbie will build on Loram’s strong relationships with key clients such...

Women in Rail appoints new chair

Women in Rail has announced the appointment of Marie Daly as the charity's newChair. Marie has worked in the rail sector for more than 13...

Railway Benefit Fund announces new CEO

The Railway Benefit Fund (RBF) has appointed Jo Kaye as its new chief executive officer (CEO). Jo brings to the role an extensive background in...

Colette Carroll to lead Atkins Transportation division

Atkins, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, has appointed Colette Carroll as managing director of its Transportation division for the UK & Europe. Colette joined...

Northern appoints Legal & General executive to head-up talent acquisition

Northern has appointed Matthew Moxon as its new head of talent acquisition. Moxon, from Boston Spa in West Yorkshire, joins the train operator from Legal...

Incidents, accidents, overspeeding, and a near miss

Late notices for train drivers rely on them signing on and reading the details that apply to the route they are to drive. Today,...

Emotional, psychological, and spiritual support in the railway industry

Liam Johnston, executive director of Railway Mission Chaplaincy, discusses the organisation’s critical work in making the industry a safer and healthier one. In an age...

An open letter to Network Rail

Colin Wheeler An open letter from John Larkinson, the chief executive of the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), to Andrew Haines, chief executive of...

ORR offers further recommendations

Following on from ORR’s letter to Andrew Haines, the chief executive of Network Rail, in the past two months the regulator has issued further...

HS2: training the nation

The construction of HS2 has delivered a huge boost for regional economies, creating major contracts for UK businesses and delivering full-time job roles for...

Award winning VR reduces complacency among signalling engineers

Signalling engineers need to make sure they don't become complacent. Keeping the consequences of accidents at the front of their mind is key. Complacency can...

Training & qualifications roundup

Whether it’s brushing up on existing skills, poring over the latest regulations, or boosting your credentials for a brand new role, for rail staff...

Northern appoints Tricia Williams as new managing director

Train operator, Northern, will be appointing Tricia Williams as its new managing director. Tricia, who is currently Northern’s chief operating officer, will take over from...

New managing director for Network Rail’s Eastern region

Jake Kelly, currently the company’s system operator director, has been appointed as the new managing director of its Eastern region, starting the role on...

Rob Morris and Sambit Banerjee appointed joint CEOs for Siemens Mobility UK

Chief Financial Officer Julie Owen appointed as Chair of the UK Board Siemens Mobility announced that Rob Morris, Managing Director of Rail Infrastructure (RI) and...