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Negotiations started to promote the employment of women in the rail sector
16 October 2019 | By
With women accounting for under 20 per cent of the railway workforce, CER and ETF are starting negotiations to promote female employment.
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SWR sustainability results show positive environmental impact
14 October 2019 | By
SWR's second-year sustainability results show how the franchise is lowering carbon emissions and helping local communities.
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Women Inspiring Rail: A Q&A with Heidi Hendrix, Punctuality Manager, Infrabel
For our next Women Inspiring Rail instalment, Heidi Hendrix, Punctuality Manager at Infrabel discusses her current role and proudest achievement, plus her views on rail’s role in the future of mobility and how industry reinvention is important to ensure rail continues to be a reliable choice for both passengers and…
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Women Inspiring Rail: Q&A with Azirinda Mohd Sultan, Systems Section Head at Prasarana Malaysia
For our next Women Inspiring Rail instalment, Azirinda Mohd Sultan, Systems Section Head at Prasarana Malaysia explains how breaking traditional 'employer thinking' has meant that she has been able to inspire more women into joining rail-related engineering roles.
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Global Railway Review welcomes new Editorial Advisory Board members
Global Railway Review is delighted to welcome three new members to its growing Editorial Advisory Board – Maggie Simpson, Director General of the Rail Freight Group (RFG); Maria Price, Expert – Technical Interoperability Department at the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF); and Darren Caplan, Chief Executive of…
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Australasian Railway Association appoints new CEO
2 October 2019 | By
Caroline Wilkie is the new Chief Executive Officer of the Australasian Railway Association.
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Women Inspiring Rail: Q&A with Aliya Zulaikha Alias, Head of Enterprise Risk Management, Prasarana Malaysia
For our next Women Inspiring Rail instalment, Aliya Zulaikha Alias, Head of Enterprise Risk Management at Prasarana Malaysia, explains how Malaysia is recognising and preparing for the inevitable era of digitalisation, and thus is on track to transform its public transportation system.
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Women Inspiring Rail: Q&A with Monique van Wortel, Shift2Rail
Monique van Wortel, Seconded National Expert at Shift2Rail, explains how she has been inspired by several key industry experts during her career and how the environmental performance of the railways is something she finds incredibly important.
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Women Inspiring Rail: A Q&A with Ann Billiau, Executive Director, Infrabel
Ann Billiau, Executive Director of Infrabel, and the Director of its Traffic Management & Services Department, explains that the human interaction aspects of her job is what keeps the role varied and enjoyable, and that a job in this industry has many layers – which never makes it boring.
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Women Inspiring Rail: Q&A with Tan Siew Ling, Senior Engineer, YTL Construction
For our latest Women Inspiring Rail instalment, Tan Siew Ling, Senior Engineer at YTL Construction, discusses how she has transformed from being a passenger to now working as an engineer, and how she is passionate to be part of rail's future development.
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Women Inspiring Rail: Q&A with Priscilla van Keulen, Safety Manager at ProRail
For our Women Inspiring Rail series, Priscilla van Keulen, Safety Manager at ProRail discusses how safety management has been her passion from the conception of her thesis idea, right through to her present-day occupation.
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Women Inspiring Rail: Q&A with Dyan Crowther, Chief Executive Officer, HS1 Ltd
For our next Women Inspiring Rail instalment, Dyan Crowther, Chief Executive Officer of HS1 Ltd, explains how she believes it is crucial for operations to focus on improving the passenger experience and her thoughts on diversifying the rail sector's workforce.
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Women Inspiring Rail: Q&A with Natasha Zulkifli, Founder & Director, Women in Rail Malaysia
For our latest Women Inspiring Rail instalment, Natasha Zulkifli, Founder & Director of Women in Rail Malaysia and Stakeholder Director at YTL Malaysia, discusses her passion for the rail industry, how she hopes to provide further support to women building careers in rail and her efforts in encouraging others to…
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Women Inspiring Rail: Q&A with Amanda White, Executive Rail Advisor
For our next Women Inspiring Rail instalment, Amanda White, former Head of Rail at Transport for Greater Manchester and now an independent rail advisor, discusses how she is fascinated with the complex technical, operational and human factors that keep rail services running - or what she likes to call, 'the…
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Hitachi Rail UK Managing Director Karen Boswell to stand down
Having started her career with Hitachi in 2015, Karen Boswell has seen the company go from strength to strength in employee numbers and revenue.
