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Recognition for Newcastle College’s Transport Academy

Newcastle College has been awarded the highest major honour for colleges and universities for the development of its Transport Academy. Established in 2006 to train...

Carillion staff working on Network Rail projects to be paid until mid-April

Network Rail said it had reached an agreement with the firm supporting the liquidation of Carillion that will guarantee that staff working on Network...

RailStaff January 2018: Reasons to be cheerful

We all have our own Christmas rituals. They often include a healthy helping of gravy and a second serving of some sort of rich...

Meeting skills and staffing challenges in the rail industry

Finding the right staff and skills is one of the biggest challenges for the rail industry and for the delivery of infrastructure projects both...

RailStaff January 2018: A job well done

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Ban the box: helping ex-offenders into employment

Rehabilitating offenders into society is a crucial part of the UK’s justice system. Without the opportunity to put spent criminal offences behind them, a...

Mark Carne going nowhere, says Network Rail chairman

Network Rail's chairman, Sir Peter Hendy, said he has no plans to advertise for a new chief executive following a newspaper report claiming that Mark...

Work begins on Ashford International’s high-speed upgrade

Network Rail has begun work to widen the high-speed platforms at Ashford International to ensure international services will continue to operate through the station...

The George Cross recipient who saved hundreds of lives by staying aboard a burning locomotive

Heroic train driver Wallace 'Wally' Oakes made the selfless decision to remain onboard a burning steam locomotive in 1965, saving hundreds of lives with his...

Huge blaze leads to evacuation of Nottingham station

Fire fighters were called to tackle a major fire at Nottingham railway station on January 12. Flames were seen from the Grade two-listed station and...

You and your career in 2018

The industry’s target to secure 100,000 job opportunities across the UK by 2027 is further evidence - if any more was needed - of...

Why leasing back old trains to buy new isn’t such a strange idea

Reports emerged last week that Transport for London (TfL) plans to sell some of its fleet and lease them back to help raise £875...

Highways England director moves to HS2

HS2 Ltd has appointed David Poole, Highways England's former executive director for commercial and procurement, as its own procurement and supply chain director. David will...

How Siemens’ equality, diversity and inclusion team is helping mind the gap

Companies across the rail sector are each finding their own way to ensure that the railway’s workforce is reflective of society at large. At...

Finding the people to make HS2 happen

Every time I walk into work, I notice Birmingham is in the midst of a renaissance. Not a month goes by without a new...

SVR launches £10,000 appeal to repair vandalised carriages

The Severn Valley Railway (SVR) is hoping to raise £10,000 to repair two historic carriages damaged by vandals in Kidderminster over Christmas. Around £2,000 has...

Richard Branson returns fire over so-called bailout of Virgin Trains East Coast franchise

Virgin Trains founder Richard Branson has defended the so-called government bailout of its East Coast franchise. Critics, including former Labour transport secretary Lord Andrew Adonis,...

Railway’s Christmas works in brief

London Bridge station, now fully reopened following its £1 billion redevelopment, was at the centre of a huge programme of works completed over Christmas...