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Location, location, location

A rollercoaster of a ride. That’s how Paul Smith, technical sales director at Deploy Rail, describes the company’s development from its beginnings in 2013...

Apprentices on tour with HS2

As part of its ongoing commitment to HS2 and improving connectivity, Morson's latest cohort of track maintenance apprentices were treated to a tour of...

Call Confidential: A new approach

Confidential reporting and analysis was adopted by the mainline railway companies shortly after the catastrophic rail incident that was Ladbroke Grove in 1999 to...

Who’s Hoo: A new home for Amtrain

Built at the turn of the millennium, the Hoo Junction training facility in Kent has seen some of the industry’s best and brightest come...

DRS managing director joins round-the-world yacht race crew

Debbie Francis, the managing director of Direct Rail Services (DRS), has travelled to Australia to take part in a round-the-world yacht race. Francis, who has...

Cleshar to take over Carillion’s maintenance work on London Overground line

Transport for London (TfL) is set to award Cleshar Contract Services a contract previously held by Carillion for maintenance on the London Overground's East...

Video series aims to reignite campaign to put cycle path through disused railway tunnel

Campaigners are hoping a new social media video series will draw more public support to their plan to reopen a disused railway tunnel in...

Railway Children gear up for Ride India 2018

The preparations are almost over for a team of charity cyclists taking on the Ride India 2018 challenge. Between 2-11 March, the riders will cover...

John Armitt replaces Andrew Adonis as chair of National Infrastructure Commission

Sir John Armitt, an experienced engineer who has held senior positions at Network Rail, the Institute of Civil Engineers and the Olympic Delivery Authority,...

Meet the HS2 innovators who want to introduce non-rail sector ideas

Pizza boxes piled in a corner, eyes fixed to laptop screens and sugary foods scattered around the room. It might sound like a student’s...

Autism awareness training for frontline staff

Great Western Railway (GWR) has provided bespoke autism awareness to its 3,500 frontline staff. The train operator has not previously included special requirements for those...

Recognition for Newcastle College’s Transport Academy

Newcastle College has been awarded the highest major honour for colleges and universities for the development of its Transport Academy. Established in 2006 to train...

Carillion staff working on Network Rail projects to be paid until mid-April

Network Rail said it had reached an agreement with the firm supporting the liquidation of Carillion that will guarantee that staff working on Network...

RailStaff January 2018: Reasons to be cheerful

We all have our own Christmas rituals. They often include a healthy helping of gravy and a second serving of some sort of rich...

Meeting skills and staffing challenges in the rail industry

Finding the right staff and skills is one of the biggest challenges for the rail industry and for the delivery of infrastructure projects both...

RailStaff January 2018: A job well done

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Ban the box: helping ex-offenders into employment

Rehabilitating offenders into society is a crucial part of the UK’s justice system. Without the opportunity to put spent criminal offences behind them, a...

Mark Carne going nowhere, says Network Rail chairman

Network Rail's chairman, Sir Peter Hendy, said he has no plans to advertise for a new chief executive following a newspaper report claiming that Mark...