Training & Recruitment Archives

Digital Railway

Simulators help train new signallers in the West Midlands

12th June 2020

To train the railway signallers of the future, Network Rail has opened new training facilities at its Walsall training centre and Birmingham’s...

Company News

Selby College to be training partner for Siemens Mobility’s new Goole factory

8th May 2020

Selby College will be the training partner for the new factory that Siemens Mobility is setting up in Goole, East Riding of...

Rail News

Young Rail Professionals – Young Rail Tour To Japan

27th April 2020

YRP's 2020 study tour of Japan for young professionals working in the UK rail industry When Young Rail Tours...

Rail News

Want to be a train driver?

27th April 2020

Every child wants to be a train driver. Some still want to when they grow up, but what does it take to...

Company Focus

A land of opportunity

27th April 2020

Why are railway operations, management and technical staff making their way to Melbourne, Australia, in search of a new challenge?

Company News

Signaller training school opened in just four weeks

20th April 2020

Network Rail recently appealed for retired signallers, or those who have moved to other careers in the railway industry, to volunteer to...

HSEQ

Who should be responsible?

25th March 2020

An informed look at suitability, competences, training and personal accountability Trained competences are essential for the safe and reliable...

Industry News

Preparing for a new jobs boom

25th March 2020

With some skills and professions in short supply, rail contractors depend on experienced recruiters to complete their teams and ensure the successful...

Diversity

Research sheds light on why there is a lack of women in the train driver role

19th September 2019

In a television news report from 1980, a reporter named John Doyle joined a train driver for a short ride on the...

Rail News

The role of apprenticeships in filling the skills gap

16th July 2019

Rail Forum Midlands talks about the skills gap and what its doing to bridge it

Featured

Fast Trackers II

15th July 2019

Network Rail and Mott MacDonald's engineering outreach programme was even bigger and better on its 2019 return

Events

Diversity and inclusion: The shape of things to come

13th June 2019

How the organisation developing the UK's new high-speed rail network is changing the industry's diversity and inclusion practices

Featured

The Train Drivers Academy

13th March 2019

In the months up until 2021, around 7,000 new vehicles are set to be introduced by train companies across the country. Drivers...

People

New head of apprenticeships at Network Rail

13th February 2019

Network Rail has hired its first dedicated head of apprenticeships. Newstarter Richard Turner joins from Virgin Trains where he...

People

Greater Anglia hires fleet director from Arriva

24th January 2019

Martin Beable, fleet director of Arriva UK's trains bid team, is set to join Greater Anglia in March as the new engineering director. Martin, who...

People

Bloom set for Transport for the North

24th January 2019

A transport leader who previously managed the strategy for the £2 billion East Coast main line upgrade is set to join Transport for the North...

People

Move for digital railway boss

21st January 2019

Doug Blanc has moved from SNC-Lavalin to Ricardo, where he will lead the digital railway and digital resilience teams. Based at Ricardo’s Derby technical centre,...

People

Atkins recruits Arcadis boss

17th January 2019

Lizi Stewart, the managing director of Arcadis' highways and aviation business, is set to join Atkins. In her new role as managing director for transportation,...