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Deutsche Bahn using virtual reality to plug skills gap

Deutsche Bahn (DB) is redoubling efforts to persuade young people to join the railway. Between now and 2020, DB needs to recruit between 7,000 and...

On the right track – considering a career in rail?

As students around the country begin their undergraduate degree studies, Professor Simon Iwnicki, director of the Institute of Railway Research at the University of...

Perry opens Northampton Academy

Rail minister Claire Perry has formally opened the new £7 million National Training Academy for Rail (NTAR) in Northampton. It’s another big vote of...

Goods news from EGIP

Engineers start installing overhead power cables on the main Edinburgh-Glasgow line this autumn as work to electrify the route in 2016 gathers pace. Part of...

Inspirational training team honoured

The ‘Inspire’ team at Abellio Greater Anglia has won the Trainer/ Training Team of the Year Award at the RailStaff Awards. Jay Thompson, head of...

Frank Hoffman wins Driver of the Year

Frank Hoffman has been working on the London Underground (LUL) for over 26 years, 21 of them as a driver. Together with his partner,...

Merseyrail man wins Station Staff of the Year

A man who talked down a potential suicide wins this year’s Station Staff of the Year Award. Daniel Byrne works at Hoylake station on Merseyrail....

Old Dalby rides again

Old Dalby Test Track Installation and Test Teams for Thales and London Underground won this year’s Signalling & Telecommunications Person or Team of the...

Network Rail announces substantial increase in engineering graduate places in 2016

Network Rail is to create 40 per cent more engineering places on its graduate programme next year. The 2016 graduate scheme will offer places to...

Knotty Ash Hero Scoops Lifesaver Award

Gary Campbell of Virgin Trains has won this year’s Samaritans Lifesaver Award. A normal afternoon at Crewe station turned into a life and death drama...

Morson’s Charlotte Mollart brings home award

Charlotte Mollart, recruitment account manager for Crossrail at Morson Group, has won this year’s keenly contested Recruiter and HR Person or Team of the Year...

Knutsford wins Rail Team of the Year

Team Knutsford, Northern Rail, has already received a measure of recognition for its dynamic, go ahead work at the station on the busy Chester...

Rugby star wins Rail Safety Person of the Year

Network Rail's Adrian Fricker has won this year’s Rail Safety Person of the Year. Says Paula Marshall, scheme project manager (Environmental) at Network Rail in...

ACoRP – From Silent Movie to Torquay

The Association of Community Rail Partnerships (ACoRP) is now a central feature of railway planning and policy. Community rail is shouting louder, drumming up...

Transition Team take High Output award

The team that organised the transfer of High Output Track Renewals from Amey Colas to Network Rail wins this year’s Rail Plant and Equipment...

Bridgeway man scoops Rail Person award

John Matheson, a team leader at Bridgeway Consulting, has won this year’s Rail Person of the Year. The award caps a successful career for the...

Engineering triumph for Amey Rail’s Andrew Loveday

A good sense of humour and strong team spirit are the winning qualities Amey Rail’s Andrew Loveday brings to his work as a site...

Apprentice and trainee newcomers join Houghton

Houghton International has taken on a cohort of new apprentices and trainees within its growing team in Newcastle. Three new advanced engineering apprentices - Sam Gibson,...