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BTP charity football match raises £4,000

Staff from the British Transport Police (BTP) and the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) have raised thousands of pounds for the victims of the Manchester...

New data reveals TfL gender pay gap is higher than national average

Transport for London (TfL) is to introduce new measures after fresh figures revealed that men are on average paid 19.7 per cent more than...

Councillor who developed early plans for Metrolink calls time on 41-year political career

Tireless Metrolink advocate and councillor Andrew Fender has retired from the political sphere after 41 years. Andrew, who was first elected as a councillor in...

Wabtec Faiveley UK awarded Glasgow Subway bogie and wheel repair contract

The operator of Glasgow Subway, SPT Partnership, has awarded Wabtec Faiveley UK - Rail Scotland a contract worth more than £700,000 to provide bogie and...

Ballyclare secures protective workwear order from Network Rail

Network Rail has awarded Ballyclare a new contract for hi‐vis polycotton workwear following the completion of a tender process. Ballyclare said that it was able...

HS2 discovers sub-tropical coastline dating back 56 million years

HS2 investigators have discovered a sub-tropical coastline which dates back around 56 million years. The discovery of the previously unknown material was made 33m below the...

Rise of the Machines? Rail plant technology and the future of engineering works

Picture the railway of tomorrow and dozens of ideas and innovations come to mind: driverless trains, digital tickets, predictive maintenance, passenger crowd control technology and...

Getting ScotRail the projects it wants

Kirsty Watson has travelled all over Scotland to make things better for ScotRail’s staff and customers. Her role as a project manager in ScotRail’s...

RailStaff March 2018: Technology and Partnership Awards

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What it was like riding the first London-Amsterdam Eurostar

Long Eaton to Amsterdam and back. Few - if any - can say they’ve travelled the return journey of at least 600 miles from...

With 8 regional directors destined to take over when Mark Carne retires, will our railways be any safer?

When Mark Carne took over as chief executive of Network Rail more than four years ago he inherited an ambitious programme of works which...

RailStaff March 2018: In from the cold

Train drivers are made of stern stuff in South Wales. The sight of 30 centimetres of snow would have left most of us reaching...

iRail: knocking down walls and building bridges

Building a bridge isn't easy. Meticulous plans need to be sketched, materials need to be sourced and bought, engineers need to work together as...

New head of procurement at Porterbrook

Rolling stock operating company Porterbrook has appointed a new head of procurement. Anvesh Prasad has more than 20 years' experience in procurement and engineering, having...

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...

Investigation launched into what happened when Lewisham train was stranded in freezing weather

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has announced it is looking into the events following the stranding of trains in freezing weather near Lewisham...

Age of the smart fleet

Whether you’re looking forward to sitting behind the controls of a driverless car or you’re less optimistic about the prospect, it seems certain that...

Rail Partnership Awards returns for 2018

Railway companies big and small are vying to be recognised as one of Network Rail’s top suppliers at the 2018 Rail Partnership Awards. Network Rail...