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SNC-Lavalin flying the flag for rail managers

2016 has been a big year for us says SNC-Lavalin managing director Richard George. In the company’s own words, it has been a year...

First class honours for Network Rail graduate and NTRS

Ambitious Network Rail graduate Lucy Hoyle won the 2016 Graduate of the Year award. Lucy, who studied geography at University College London (UCL) before joining the Network...

Access team and Merseyrail manager share the spoils

Bridgeway’s Access Services team took home the Rail Infrastructure/ Possessions Team of the Year award and were followed swiftly by the 2016 Rail Manager...

Awards for MTR depot team and AGA lifesaver

MTR Crossrail’s maintenance team were recognised with the Depot Team of the Year award for their contribution to the service’s fast-improving reliability and satisfaction...

Charity and safety take centre stage

Network Rail’s Bill Cooke would have been briefly disappointed to miss out on the Safety Person of the Year award to John Abbott and...

What it’s all about

‘It’s all about teamwork isn’t it,’ says Roger Stewart, a director at Coyle Personnel, one of the largest suppliers of contingent labour to Britain’s...

Kirow team and lifelong rail engineer scoop 2016 honours

VolkerRail’s Kirow Team, winners of the Rail Plant and Equipment Team of the Year award, are used to scaling dizzying heights. With over 1,500 days...

Celebrating newcomers and seasoned professionals

An outstanding apprentice and a leading project manager both took to the stage to collect awards for their exceptional efforts over the past 12...

Community champion and star recruiter honoured

An emotional Suzanne Nicholls collected a deserved Station Staff of the Year award at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena and was followed by Recruiter/HR Person of...

A celebration of teamwork and engineering ingenuity

The winners of the Rail Team of the Year category provided one of the most uplifting stories of the night. When driver John Burrows...

Outstanding customer service and first female engineering award winner

Danny Roberts of TransPennine Express and Natalie Dickinson from ISS Labour were the first winners of the night at the 2016 RailStaff Awards. Danny, a...

A family affair

Teams that form a strong bond often refer to themselves as a family. Hitachi’s Ashford train maintenance crew - the winners of the Depot...

Communicating success

Communications, both the wired sort and the spoken word, are at the heart of the rail industry. Signallers need to communicate with drivers, staff with...

Grasp your opportunity

It will be someone who grasps the opportunities put in front of them that will win the RailStaff Awards 2016 Graduate of the Year...

New blood

The RailStaff Awards sells itself on variety. One moment a long- serving employee can be receiving a lifetime achievement award for their rich, sometimes...

Building a stronger workforce for the future

People often refer back to inspirational teachers from their formative years when asked why they pursued a particular career path. Even for those who may...

Humble beginnings

All companies have to start somewhere. For City Surveys - one of Network Rail’s trusted principal contractors, a multi-million pound turnover business - it...

Defining moments

It doesn’t seem adequate to say Hitachi has had a good 18 months. Lucrative? Yes. Defining? Definitely. In September, the company opened its much-vaunted manufacturing...