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One of the most loosely defined categories at the RailStaff Awards, Rail Team of the Year gives nominators broad scope. A team can be any number between two and infinity, and there is no restriction on what role that...

Although not intended to be the ‘Champion of Champions’ award, it is historically the last award of the evening and is often seen that way. The award encourages and celebrates the success of exceptional people within the rail industry. 52...

One of the longer titles for a category in this year’s RailStaff Awards - the HR, Diversity & Inclusion Person or Team Award - is also actually one of the most topical. Diversity is always in the spotlight. Whether it...

The men and women who staff the 2,500 railway stations around the country have a lot to cope with. They have to keep those stations safe for passengers, make sure they are clean and provide opportunities for ‘retail therapy’ for...

While the nominees in all of the RailStaff Awards categories can be called ‘heroes’ for the work that they do, those who win the Samaritans Lifesaver Award have every justification to be called that. In 2019, 133 people were nominated...

Learning and development can take many forms on today’s railway. For a start, all new employees need training, not only to do their jobs but on the safety aspects of what they will be required to do - even...

A skeleton, believed to be a murder victim from the Iron Age, has been discovered by archaeologists working on the HS2 project in Buckinghamshire. Archaeologists discovered a skeleton of an adult male, buried face down in a ditch with hands...

Total Rail Solutions, the rail specialist plant hire company, has completed its move from Basingstoke to Greenham Business Park, Thatcham, near Newbury. Managing director Paul Bateman said: “The re-location of our head office to Greenham Business Park will be a...

A new company, Breserv, is setting out to be the ‘Go to Company’ for all electrical installation work on the railway while having the objective of providing a first-class service for all clients, based on integrity, honesty and professionalism. With...

As the lockdown starts to ease, it brings with it a degree of uncertainty and worry. Two months ago, the message from government and health advisers was clear. Don’t travel unless you have to, and even then, don’t travel. If...