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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...

Celebrating rail industry leaders

The Hendy report sought to identify and offer solutions for some of the funding and delivery challenges hindering Network Rail’s ambitious forward programme of...

Where are they now?

Gail Satchell, winner of Outstanding Customer Service Award last year, speaks about her surprise at scooping the 2015 prize. There’s one thing that the RailStaff...

Safety at the forefront

'Safety is at the forefront of any work we do,' says Bridgeway Consulting's managing director Pino De Rosa. There are examples of this everywhere. The...

Inspirational training team honoured

The ‘Inspire’ team at Abellio Greater Anglia has won the Trainer/ Training Team of the Year Award at the RailStaff Awards. Jay Thompson, head of...

Frank Hoffman wins Driver of the Year

Frank Hoffman has been working on the London Underground (LUL) for over 26 years, 21 of them as a driver. Together with his partner,...

Merseyrail man wins Station Staff of the Year

A man who talked down a potential suicide wins this year’s Station Staff of the Year Award. Daniel Byrne works at Hoylake station on Merseyrail....

Old Dalby rides again

Old Dalby Test Track Installation and Test Teams for Thales and London Underground won this year’s Signalling & Telecommunications Person or Team of the...

Knotty Ash Hero Scoops Lifesaver Award

Gary Campbell of Virgin Trains has won this year’s Samaritans Lifesaver Award. A normal afternoon at Crewe station turned into a life and death drama...

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...

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...

Rail Infrastructure and Possessions Team of the Year Award

PPS Rail may be relatively new in the rail industry but it draws on the combined strengths of its members to provide the rail...

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...