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Third column for Crossrail

Crossrail Ltd is managing to fill over a third of its jobs with women compared to just one in five in the rest of...

New Crossrail programme director appointed

Network Rail's Simon Wright has been appointed by Crossrail as the project's new programme director. Simon, who was previously director of infrastructure and utilities with...

SpencerGroup appoints CDI AndersElite as recruitment partner

Spencer Group, one of the UK’s leading specialist engineering businesses, has announced the appointment of CDI AndersElite to manage all of its permanent and...

Bridge bonus for Strathspey Railway

The installation of a bridge over the River Dulnain will enable the historic Strathspey Railway to eventually extend its heritage line from Broomhill to...

Rail Media at Infrarail 2014

There will be something new on the Rail Media stand at Infrarail 2014. As well as hosting the show’s technical seminar’s (A41), Rail Media will...

Higgins seeks speedier delivery of high-speed rail

In his first public turn as HS2 chairman, Sir David Higgins has said he wants to see HS2 taken to Crewe six years earlier...

ScotRail apprentices graduate

A second tranche of hard-working ScotRail Modern Apprentices in Customer Service has graduated under a pioneering initiative to develop young talent. Around 70 guests — including Angela Constance,...

Return to the Settle and Carlisle: 25th Anniversary of the reprieve

The Settle and Carlisle line stands today as an enduring testimony to railway engineering and perseverance, ingenuity and determination. Writes Andy Milne This April marks...

CBE for Anton Valk

Anton Valk, former chief executive of Abellio UK, was appointed CBE earlier this year. Mr Valk received the honour in the Hague from the Queen’s...

Garrandale CEO wins Director of the Year award

Malcolm Prentice, group chief executive and managing director of engineering solutions provider Garrandale Limited, has been named Director of the Year in the small...

Moving into CP5

April 2014 signalled the start of Control Period 5 (CP5). Over the next five years Network Rail will spend £38 billion maintaining, renewing and...

Paonessa joins Network Rail as IP MD

Francis Paonessa, current managing director of Bombardier’s UK operation, will join Network Rail this summer to take up the role of managing director, infrastructure...

Local praise for orange army

Local people in Dawlish have taken rail’s Orange Army to heart – it’s official. As rail leaders and politicians headed west to Dawlish, local people congratulated...

Swiss role for Amtrain

Amtrain is celebrating its selection by Schweizer-Electronic UK as training partner for the Lookout Operated Warning Systems and Automatic Track Warning Systems. Amtrain will...

Keltbray crew bridge skills gap

A further seven apprentices have joined Keltbray Aspire, part of Keltbray Group which provides electrification services for the rail industry. The new apprentices will be...

My personal memories of staff killed at work

My motivation for writing is fired by many years’ experience of working on the maintenance and renewal of railway infrastructure and my admiration of...

Views sought on Forth Bridge access

Rail staff and the public are being asked what they think about the proposed Forth Bridge Experience. The multi-million pound development could see the Forth...

Arriva UK Trains COO steps down

DB Arriva has announced that its UK rail chief operating officer, Steve Murphy, is to leave the company. In a statement, Steve said: "I have...