Rail jobs, staff issues and training

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...

Creating a single independent role for timetable sign-offs would not be achievable, says Gibb

13.07.18: Appointing someone responsible for ultimately signing off timetable changes across the network – and for being vocal when planned reforms are too heroic and should be reconsidered or delayed – would not be achievable, Chris Gibb has...

Male, muddy and manual?

03.07.18: Sponsored interview Sean Hebden, rail director at Kier Group, tells RTM’s Luana Salles what the company is doing to change the perception of the built environment sector from ‘male, muddy and manual’ to one that can attract...

Up to 200 jobs at risk in Alstom Pendolino cuts

22.06.18: As many as 200 staff members could lose their jobs as one of the UK’s major train manufacturers looks to cut costs in its maintenance of the well-known Pendolino trains. Alstom maintains the famous trains at five sites around the UK...

Why the rail industry needs more women

22.06.18: Anesha Rachel Malhan, one of the learners at the National College for High Speed Rail (NCHSR), discusses her experience as the only woman at her 20-person course and advocates greater gender diversity for the benefit of the whole industry. ...

Strike news: guards row brings fresh strikes to Northern, South Western called off

19.06.18: Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union have walked out in a fresh dispute between the union and Northern Rail over a long-running debate over the roles of guards on trains. The RMT are staging a 24-hours stoppage today (19...

Northern passengers face strike action on top of current chaos

06.06.18: RMT has confirmed three days of strike action on Northern Rail, amidst the ongoing chaos that resulted from the recent timetable changes. The action is part of the ongoing dispute between the union and the train operator over plans to remove gu...

Apprenticeship levy: the latest picture

05.06.18: Mark Holmes, head of membership and development at NSAR, describes the current resources available to the rail industry to ensure companies of all sizes are taking full advantage of the apprenticeship levy. The need to have highly-skilled i...

Nexus launches hunt for apprentices

30.05.18: In the latest round of apprenticeship take-up in the rail sector, Nexus is recruiting 10 new apprentices across Tyne and Wear. The public body delivers public transport across the region, including the Metro, and is rec...