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Crucial to a great performing rail organisation is the well-being of the workforce behind the service. Whether front-line staff, train drivers, track workers, engineers, technicians or top-level management, having a safe, motivated and skilled workforce is imperative for an organisation working in the rail sector.
What are the trends and challenges facing rail’s workforce and how is the industry moving forward to support and develop its employees?
MTR Crossrail HR Director, Alison Bell, ASLEF District Organiser, Nigel Gibson, and the drivers themselves explain how MTR and ASLEF quadrupled the number of female drivers in less than 12 months.
The UK currently has a national rail infrastructure pipeline worth £88 billion, which is the greatest investment in the sector in over a century. As a result of these unprecedented levels of investment, significant opportunities exist for investors to support and add value to the rail supply-chain.
The new high-speed railway will benefit a whole generation of engineers, designers, architects and geologists, with 30,000 jobs supported in total.
Scotland’s railway is undergoing a period of great enhancement and to ensure its success, the company is recruiting for over 200 jobs.
National College for High Speed Rail graduates are gaining the crucial skills and experience needed to deliver HS2 and strengthen the future of the UK rail network.
Not only has the project created jobs, but each design-builder is implementing the project’s Targeted Worker Program. Thirty per cent of all project work hours are performed by National Targeted Workers…
The available Engineering Doctorate posts will work alongside High Speed Two Ltd (HS2) priorities and will have a key role in shaping the future of the railway project…
Network Rail’s Chief Executive since 2014, Mark Carne, has announced his retirement from the company after years of commitment and hard work…
Amtrak strengthens their team with an experienced safety leader, Ken Hylander, to implement a proven Safety Management System…
19 June 2017 | By The National Skills Academy for Rail (NSAR)
Following on from Global Railway Review’s interview with Simon Rennie, General Manager of the National Training Academy for Rail (NTAR) about the next generation of rail engineers, the National Skills Academy for Rail updates us on its Rail Sector Skills Delivery Plan...
14 June 2017 | By Adeline Ginn, Founder of Women in Rail and General Counsel at Angel Train
Adeline Ginn, Founder of Women in Rail and General Counsel at Angel Trains speaks to Global Railway Review about gender inequality in the work place and what the rail sector is and should be doing to combat this.
6 April 2017 | By Simon Rennie
We speak to Simon Rennie, General Manager of the National Training Academy for Rail (NTAR), about the next generation of rail engineers...
16 January 2017 | By Gary Smithson, Associate Director – Rail, Morson International
Gary Smithson, Associate Director – Rail at Morson International recruitment agency discusses the industry skills shortage and explains why it will be important to challenge current perceptions as well as encourage the next generation.
16 September 2016 | By Katie Sadler, Digital Content Producer, Global Railway Review
Rail Minister Paul Maynard has welcomed the launch of a new Rail Employment and Skills Academy on the 16 September 2016 in the East Midlands.
There is broad agreement in the UK that more must be done to position the rail industry as an attractive sector to work; offering a variety of roles suited to different skill types with scope to begin and build a long- term career. There is also recognition across the sector…
