People

UK rail charities Railway Benefit Fund (RBF) and Railway Mission have extended their free will writing service for a year after over 1,000 people created a will in March. Their ‘Make a Will Month’ campaign, launched last month, was...

CWE Ltd - the independent supply, maintenance and logistics partner for the rail industry - has announced the appointment of Dave Bates as Commercial Director. Dave joined CWE in 2004 as a coupler fitter and held numerous roles before becoming...

Britain’s largest long-distance operator, CrossCountry, has announced the appointment of Mark Goodall as Service Delivery Director. Mark joins from Chiltern Railways where he was Operations Director. Prior to that he held numerous senior operational roles including Head of Alliancing at...

The new and revised standards published in 2021 had a combined estimated benefit of about £15.7m over five years. The true value is probably much more than that. You can read more about these in our 2021 Standards Annual...

Students with autism, learning disabilities or both from Dunstable-based Central Bedfordshire College  are the first group in over two years to take part in Thameslink ‘Try a Train’ events. The events, which had to be suspended in 2020 because of Covid...

A TransPennine Express (TPE) Driver Manager, based at Cleethorpes, is set to retire on Friday 29 April following 45 years on the railway. Dean Lancaster, 60, who previously managed stations including Cleethorpes, Hull Paragon, Grimsby, and Scunthorpe and lives in...

East West Railway Company (EWR Co) today announces that Beth West will be appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with effect from 1st April 2022(1).Beth will succeed Simon Blanchflower who will be retiring on 31st March 2022(2). Beth brings notable strengths...

National rail contractor, QTS Group, has announced the launch of a graduate scheme to help develop talent within rail construction and position the industry as an attractive career choice for young people.   The company rolled out a pilot scheme in...

Network Rail is pleased to confirm that Mark Tarry has been appointed Supply Chain Operations director, succeeding Rob Morton, who recently became managing director for Route Services. Mark is an inspirational and passionate individual with a unique set of skills...

Amey Consulting, one of the UK’s leading engineering consultancies, has formed a new partnership with STEM Returners to help engineers get back into work after a career break. Working with clients such as National Highways, Network Rail and Transport for Wales,...