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Steady as we go RSSB’s third quarter safety performance update demonstrates an even trend, but the need for vigilance remains To make sure everyone gets home safe every day, you need to have eyes everywhere. For this, you need data, but...

Ian McConnell is to join West Midlands Trains (WMT) as managing director. Currently chief operating officer at ScotRail, he will join WMT during April, once ScotRail has been successfully handed over to Scottish Rail Holdings. Ian has considerable experience and...

University students who live in the Midlands are being offered the chance to join HS2 on a paid work placement this summer. HS2’s construction partner, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV), is launching a new undergraduate programme to help students gain valuable...

Northern has appointed Tony Plumbley as its new head of engineering. He will join the operator later on 21 March, moving from Merseyrail, where he was head of fleet and engineering. In his new role, Tony will manage major fleet...

Transport communications company Zipabout has announced that Charlotte Pearce will be joining the company as head of UK Rail. In her new role, Charlotte will take responsibility for Zipabout’s commercial partnerships within rail in the UK. She will lead...

Hitachi Rail and its subsidiary, Perpetuum, have been awarded a contract by Network Rail to develop a real-time digital solution that monitors, and eventually predicts, sections of track that affect ride quality and require maintenance. The monitoring equipment is currently...

Train operator Trenitalia c2c has announced the appointment of Rob Mullen as managing director, following the departure of Ben Ackroyd who leaves the role this Spring. Rob joins c2c from Thameslink and Great Northern, part of GTR, where he was...

Children from Crossdale School, in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, have received presentations from GB Railfreight’s (GBRf) safety team about the dangers of the railway. On 3 February, Rod Storer, Depot Safety Manager, and Chris Parsons, SHEQ Manager, from Rail Innovation and Development...

The Railway Industry Association (RIA) has notched up two wins at this week’s national Trade Association Forum Awards 2022. At a prestigious ceremony yesterday (17 February) in central London, RIA Chief Executive Darren Caplan won the ‘Trade Association Leadership Award’,...

A new scheme in South Yorkshire plans to support older and disabled people to travel by rail independently thanks to Northern’s accessibility fund.   Better Journeys by Rail aims to reduce social isolation and improve the wellbeing of people living in...