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New station for Westgate

Transport Minister, Simon Burns MP, interviewed in this edition of RailStaff, visited Wakefield Westgate station, to check out progress on the £8.8 million new...

Safety Support for Bridgeway

Bridgeway Consulting Ltd is supporting the Rail Safety Person of the Year at the RailStaff Awards 2012. With safety at the forefront of all operations,...

Rail Alliance supports RailStaff Awards

The Rail Alliance is delighted to be backing the RailStaff Awards again as Associate Sponsors this year. Chief Executive, Colin Flack will also be hosting...

A flock of seagulls

Seagulls at Newcastle Central Station have ruffled a few feathers among motorists. Two seagulls built a nest in a vacant bay in the station’s car...

Vital skills for a safer railway

Technical skills and expertise form the bedrock when it comes to training people to work on the rail network. However, the importance of ensuring...

LPA backs Newcomer/Graduate of the Year

LPA Group is sponsoring the Newcomer/Graduate of the Year at this year’s Rail Staff Awards. LPA Group Plc designs and manufactures top class LED lighting...

Developing a skilled workforce

London Underground celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. Accounts of its creation, construction and development have offered a fascinating insight into the workings of the...

Edinburgh wires go up

Engineers start installing overhead wires and underground cabling for Edinburgh’s tram system city centre section this month. Cables will be installed on Princes Street and...

Sochi 1520

Sochi, on Russia’s Black Sea coast will be hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics. David Shirres went to the International Rail Business Forum in the...

Sports teams raise money for Macmillan

Specialist rail recruiter, Resourcing Solutions, entered two teams in Balfour Beatty’s charity sports day at Staunton Harold Hall in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. A total of 20...

Longer trains for West Coast

More trains and direct services between Birmingham Airport and Glasgow will expand Anglo-Scottish services from december 2013. A comprehensive timetable overhaul will provide an extra...

If signalling is good enough for controlling trains why not use it to protect track workers?

The last resort Last month I suggested that the time was ripe for us to phase out the use of flags, whistles and horns as...

Virgin salutes Depot Teams

2013 looks like being a busy and successful year for Virgin Trains, which is backing this year’s Depot Team of the Year at the...

Mudlark

London clay, thought to be 50 million years old, is being dug out of new Crossrail rail tunnels and shaped into sculpture. Frank Harris, a...

Progress at Newton Aycliffe

Hitachi Rail Europe is pushing forward with plans for the construction of its new train manufacturing plant at newton Aycliffe in County Durham. Merchant Place...

Duckling drama

A clutch of new born ducklings was saved by the prompt intervention of ScotRail staff. The brood was spotted wandering along tracks at Queen Street...

Elizabethan Serenade by Crossrail

Just a few days ahead of the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation her namesake, TBM Elizabeth arrived at Canary Wharf neatly underscoring the...

Nicholas Wrobel explains Subsurface Upgrade Programme

At Morson International Nicholas Wrobel (pictured) is the Programme Delivery Engineer for the current Transport for London (TfL) Subsurface Upgrade Programme (SUP) across a...