Rail jobs, staff issues and training

Role models need to promote rail careers ‘in an incredibly different way’

09.10.18: Everyone in the rail industry needs to be doing more to attract and inspire the next generation of professionals – and they all have to do it in an “incredibly different way.” Those are the views of the leaders who took pa...

ORR appoints interim chief executive to replace Whitehall-bound boss

03.10.18: The rail regulator has announced its interim chief executive to replace Joanna Whittington as she moves into a government role. The ORR has appointed John Larkinson, current director of Railway Markets and Economics, as interim chief execut...

Former Network Rail boss appointed as MD and chairman of Bombardier UK

27.09.18: Former Network Rail boss Phil Hufton has been appointed as Bombardier Transportation UK’s MD and chairman of its board. Hufton joins Bombardier from Network Rail, where he was managing director across England and Wales. He joined the...

RMT launches campaign to stop closures of London Overground ticket offices

25.09.18: The RMT has launched a campaign to prevent the closure of 51 London Overground ticket offices. Arriva Rail London, which runs Transport for London’s (TfL) overground services, is planning to shut down 51 stations across the London Ove...

Why we all must mind the gap

18.09.18: Clair Mowbray, chief executive of the National College for High Speed Rail (NCHSR), explains how we can all ensure the UK’s next generation of talented engineers are not only equipped with the skills necessary for major infrastructure proj...

Second staff member on new Merseyrail trains could cost £7m and lead to fare rises

17.09.18: The cost of having a second member of staff onboard Merseyrail’s new fleet could cost as much as £7m a year in operating expenditure, according to a report published ahead of Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s Friday bo...

Hull Trains’ Louise Mendham appointed as director after 14 years of delivery

14.09.18: Louise Mendham has been appointed as the new production director of Hull Trains after 14 years of successful delivery at the company. The long serving member of Hull Trains joined as operational support in 2004 and will now join the executi...

Liverpool City Region, Merseyrail, RMT end long-running guard dispute

06.09.18: Merseyrail’s newest fleet will have a second member of staff on board after a deal to end the bitter dispute between the RMT and the TOC over the use of additional guards on trains. In an announcement last week, subject to the provisi...

Diversity will help fill the gap at HS2

29.08.18: Mark Lomas, head of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) at HS2 Ltd, details what his team is doing to ensure diversity is present at every step of the recruitment process and beyond, all the way down the supply chain. For years, there h...

NR and Southeastern apologise for trains stranded in freezing weather, outline major action plan

24.08.18: Network Rail and Southeastern have unveiled an action plan on how they plan to respond to major incidents after an independent investigation identified a series of problems with how the two organisations deal with this issue. The investigat...

Former London City Airport CEO Declan Collier announced as ORR chair

21.08.18: Former London City Airport chief executive Declan Collier has been announced as the preferred candidate to take up the post as chair of the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). Collier will succeed current chair Professor Stephen Glaister who wil...

RMT strikes on SWR to go ahead as Cash complains of ‘contemptuous and cavalier approach’

17.08.18: The RMT have confirmed the next phase of their strike action on South Western Railway will go ahead from tomorrow after accusing the company of making a mockery of the negotiation process. The union suggested that SWR sent a team without th...

Rail recruitment, then and now

24.07.18: The rail industry has changed massively over the last 30 years. With that, the way the sector has recruited its thousands of workers has also evolved. RTM’s Daniel Broadley sat down with Carl Stanyard, area driver manager at West Midlands...

A radical solution to the employment crisis

24.07.18: Peter Cayless, founder and creative director at Working Eye, talks about an innovative solution to employment in the rail industry that might just help transform careers advice into career discovery. At the 2012 Latitude Festival, comedian...

iRail: investing in the future

17.07.18: The rail industry today faces many challenges, one of those being the skills gap in high- speed rail. However, events like iRail are doing their part in engaging young people and investing the future workforce of our railways. RTM’s Daniel...