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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,...

Life saving manager in RailStaff Awards win

A station manager who brought a passenger back from the dead has won this year’s Rail Manager of the Year. Brian Keenan, a station manager...

Project manager Ankur honoured at RailStaff Awards

Ankur Saxena of Furrer+Frey won this year’s Project Manager of the Year award. Ankur was singled out for his dedication and work on the Edinburgh...

Pan Up for Electrification

TransPennine and Midland Main Line railway electrification is back on line after the Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin, green flagged both projects. Network...

Tyler Corbishley wins Graduate of the Year

Tyler Corbishley joined the railway for a six-week summer job at Preston and never looked back. He read environmental science at university and went...

Charity work makes Tim Brawn smile

Every year on his way home after Railway Children’s Three Peaks by Rail challenge, Tim Brawn, a control centre manager at First TransPennine Express...

Gail Satchell wins Outstanding Customer Service Award

A relative newcomer to the industry has won this year’s Outstanding Customer Service Award. Gail Satchell from Chippenham in Wiltshire joined Siemens Rail Automation in...

Intertrain founder wins Lifetime Achievement

A junior technical officer who started work with British Rail 47 years ago has won this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Keith Jessop joined the railway...

Ashford team pioneers national example

The team responsible for Hitachi Rail’s Ashford Train Maintenance Centre has won this year’s Depot Team of the Year Award. ‘We are absolutely elated,’ says...

Apprentice accolade for Ben Cox

Positive and helpful, with a sense of humour and optimism that’s always well received, is how colleagues describe Ben Cox, named as Apprentice of...

Brush-up for Piccadilly

Traction motors from Piccadilly line trains are to be refurbished in Loughborough after London Underground confirmed a £6.5 million deal with the historic works. The...