Events

National Express East Anglia’s Train Presentation team has received a prestigious ‘Investors in People Silver Award’. The presentation of the award was made to the team by NXEA Managing Director Andrew Chivers at Liverpool Street station on Friday 29 July. In...

ConAgra Mills named Union Pacific its Rail Carrier of the Year for its grain product transportation service. “We work hard to maintain a high standard of quality and efficiency for our customers,” said Paul Hammes, Union Pacific vice president and general manager-Agricultural Products. “We are honoured by this recognition of our efforts from ConAgra Mills [...]

A station supervisor from Garforth has been awarded Northern Rail’s highest honour in customer service, by the UK’s largest rail operator. Angela Thompson, who has worked at Garforth station for ten years, was named ‘Northern Star of the Year’ for...

Seb Coe joined Eurostar on Wednesday in welcoming hundreds of European Olympic fans and athletes to London to mark ‘One year to Go’ to the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Socks were off and trousers rolled up as...

Eurotunnel has been recognised for the seventh consecutive year and has again been honoured with a Green Flag Award® for its Samphire Hoe site, a 30 hectare nature reserve at the foot of the cliffs in Dover, owned by...

Karen Poole, an Assistant Commercial Schemes Sponsor at Network Rail in York, completed at the World Masters Orienteering Championships between 2nd and 8th July. The event was held in Pecs, Hungary, and is for orienteers aged from 35 – 95, competing...

Martin Staehr has been named Laing O'Rourke's Graduate of the Year. Martin heads a strong field as part of the 2008 intake. "The win was genuinely unexpected; I was up against some top class competition. I'll make the most of the...

An independent poll of over 25,000 people shows massive support for Bombardier, and 'shames the Tory-led government', as thousands prepare to march in support of Britain's last train maker today (Saturday 23 July 2011). An overwhelming 88% believed that the...

Railsport GB maintained their dominance of European Railway Golf tournaments, when they retained their USIC Golf Championship title by a margin of 7 shots over their nearest challengers France. Four years on from their inaugural success in Luxembourg, the GB...

The Natural History Museum in London was the setting for the third Network Rail Partnership Awards. Six hundred representatives of the rail industry’s hard working suppliers and partners gathered to hear Sir David Higgins, chief executive of Network Rail praise...