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Taking ownership: Privatisation and the rail industry

Andy Milne considers the success of the mix of individual staff power with private sector dash as the rail industry prepares for more change...

Christmas confidence boosts railways

The appointment of a director general to an expanded HS2 Ltd, investment in London Underground developments at Battersea and the Olympic Park and the...

Graduate call for Crossrail

Crossrail is recruiting graduates to the project between now and the end of January. The first successful applicants to the Crossrail Graduate Scheme will join...

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway resumes service

After raising £1 million and rebuilding two collapsed embankments, the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway resumed full service on 30th October and ran a special train...

On the road

Network Rail’s first preference is to transport goods by rail. In a bid to minimise road movements Network Rail is to build a 300,000 square...

Time to improve rail safety by cutting down on ‘essential paperwork’

My memory is long enough for me to remember when engineers used slide rules and mechanical/electrical calculating machines. We generated far less paperwork than...

Rail Engineer triumph for Chris Hooper

Chris Hooper of communications company, telent, has won this year’s Rail Engineer of the Year Award. Chris, a development engineer at telent, is based in...

James Lloyd wins recruiter/HR Award

James Lloyd of London Underground has won this year’s Recruiter HR of the Year Award. James has been at the forefront of initiatives aimed at...

RailStaff Awards span rail industry

Armed gangsters and flappers in feather boas welcomed guests to this year’s RailStaff Awards at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham. The theme of the...

ScotRail takes on more apprentices

ScotRail has taken on a second tranche of recruits for its Modern Apprenticeship in Customer Service. The apprentices will study for an SVQ Level 2...

NSARE recommendations provide framework for better engineering training

The National Skills Academy for Railway Engineering’s report on the state of training in the railway engineering sector could not have come at a...

Consultancy brought in to kickstart Flying Scotsman restoration

The National Railway Museum has appointed railway engineering consultancy firm, First Class Partnerships, to provide independent advice on how best to progress the delayed...

Laidlaw blames inadequate planning

Virgin Trains will continue to run West Coast rail services for the next 9 to 13 months, following a decision by transport secretary, Patrick...

Advance warning

This Christmas whilst sat around the table with your family spare a thought for the Signalling Testers who will be working hard to ensure...

Young people get into transport

Four young people from the West Midlands have been offered apprenticeships with Centro after completing a Prince’s Trust scheme. Leon Castle, Moah Nur, Vanessa Smith...

Property boom for Crossrail

Crossrail looks like creating a £5.5 billion boom in residential and commercial property over the next ten years, new research shows. The project is already...

Starters Orders for Borders

The Scottish Government has signed an agreement with Network Rail for the building of a new Borders Railway connecting Edinburgh and Tweedbank. The new rail...

Green Light for new Oxford – Marylebone Route

A new rail route between Oxford and London Marylebone via Bicester has finally been given the go ahead. The Secretary of State for Transport under...