Diversity

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...

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,...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is welcoming five new female drivers into the fold, who have come through the company’s partnership with coaching, consulting and networking organisation, Career Returners - a social enterprise that...

FirstGroup have launched a new advocate network, ‘First connections’, to bring together those who have taken part and benefitted from their personal development programmes aimed at women and ethnically diverse colleagues. The First connections network allows those who have taken...

Rail consultancy SLC Rail, which works closely with Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), recently visited Croft Primary School in Warrington to ignite the children’s curiosity about civil engineering and rail projects. Thomas Coon, senior project manager, and Sam Uren, company...