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Carrington West Supports Launch of Infrastructure Diversity Charter to Tackle Skills Shortages

Carrington West is proud to announce its contribution to the newly launched Infrastructure Diversity Charter, a landmark initiative designed to promote greater equity, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) within the UK’s infrastructure sector. Developed in collaboration with leading industry partners,...

HS2 contractor secures top standard for inclusion and diversity progress

HS2’s construction partner for Old Oak Common Station has achieved a prestigious workforce award – recognising its outstanding commitments to diversity and inclusion. Balfour Beatty VINCI SYSTRA, which is leading construction of the west London super-hub, was awarded the Clear...

TfL refreshes staff uniforms with a new, brighter look

Transport for London (TfL) is refreshing the uniform that thousands of its staff wear across the network to help make staff more easily identifiable to customers, especially in busier stations. The new look uniforms, that customers will start to see...

Network Rail celebrates International Day of Persons with Disabilities with success of station navigation app and autism-friendly stations by the end of 2025

Network Rail is celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities today (Tuesday, 3 December) by unveiling passenger usage figures for its new in-station navigation app for blind and partially sighted passengers and its pledge to make all its managed...

LGBT HERO charity adopts South Western Railway’s Vauxhall station

SOUTH Western Railway (SWR) today celebrated the ‘adoption’ of Vauxhall station by its Pride Network of LGBTQ+ colleagues and allies and the charity LGBT HERO.   LGBT HERO is the national health and wellbeing charity for LGBTQ+ people, based in South West London,...

Never Mind the Gap launched in Leeds supporting women to get into rail

Network Rail has partnered with LNER, Northern, TransPennine Express and Ganymede to host a two-week extensive programme at Leeds station promoting careers in rail for women. ‘Never Mind the Gap’ is a programme in partnership with Women in Rail to provide in-depth...

Alstom implements new maternity and adoption policy with full pay for 12 months

Alstom has announced the introduction of a new sector-leading maternity and adoption policy for staff in the UK, reinforcing its commitment to supporting gender equality and the well-being of its workforce. The enhanced policy offers employees on maternity and adoption...

Northern partnership signals commitment to social mobility

Northern has signed-up to a nationwide scheme committed to advancing social mobility and equal opportunities. The train operator will work with The Purpose Coalition to dismantle barriers and create a fairer society across its network. By connecting people to education and...

LNER & Transpennine Express celebrate the start of pride

Colleagues from LNER and TransPennine Express (TPE) have joined together in a show of unity to celebrate the start of Pride Month.   They gathered at York Railway Station alongside LNER’s special liveried train ‘Together’ and TPE’s ‘Unity’ ahead of taking part in the...

Recruiting more female train drivers has helped reduce the gender pay gap at TfW

Employing 22 more female train drivers during 2022/23 has helped to further reduce the gender pay gap at Transport for Wales (Rail). The median gender pay gaps for TfW Rail and TfW Group stand at 16.2% and 14.1% respectively, a...

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Network Rail gears up for £133 investment in Britain’s railway this May

Network Rail is set to undertake more than 630 projects across Britain's railway during the early and late May...