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Routes into Rail, the collaboration led by NSAR and supported by partners, Amey, HS2, Network Rail, Porterbrook, Volker Rail and RIA will be at National Graduate Week on 20th October 2021. NSAR will be hosting a panel with graduates from Volker Rail, Amey, Network Rail and HS2. The event will be live between 13:00 – […]

Over three days in September, a team of four from VolkerRail conquered the Porterbrook Three Peaks challenge by rail, raising over £6,000 for the Railway Children charity, which saw them crowned the event’s Cup Winners. The challenge – which is the only event to undertakes the Three Peaks challenge by train – saw the team […]

The Railway Industry Association (RIA), Young Rail Professionals (YRP), and Women in Rail would like to invite you to the Trailblazers NORTH Networking Reception, on Wednesday 6 October, 18:00 – 20:00 held at the National Railway Museum, York. Trailblazers brings together young and experienced professionals from across the industry, to learn from each other, make […]

Jermaine Allen from Leeds unveiled the nameplate for GB Railfreight engine 66796, which he has named ‘The Green Progressor’, at the official opening of HS2’s new 30-acre logistics hub near Willesden Junction in London. The locomotive features a brand-new livery, promoting the environmental benefits of delivering construction materials by rail instead of road, which inspired […]

A new economic report published by independent researchers Oxford Economics shows a UK railway industry powering ahead before the pandemic struck last year. The report, commissioned by the Railway Industry Association (RIA), shows UK rail as a major economic sector, driving growth, investment and jobs right across the UK. With the Government now looking for […]

HS2’s Skills, Employment and Education team has launched a range of brand-new educational and teaching resources which align to the national curriculum and promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects. The materials, which are free to download from the education pages on HS2’s website, have been developed in conjunction with education specialists and promote the […]

This month, Amey Consulting welcomes 40 talented Graduate and Degree Apprentices to its Consultancy & Design and Advisory & Analytics businesses. In addition to Amey Consulting’s award-wining Rail and Civil Engineering Degree Apprentice schemes, three new programmes are being launched: Data Science, Environmental and Building Services. These will help bring new talent into an industry, […]

The Railway Children’s Three Peaks Challenge by Rail, helps to raise life-changing funds for vulnerable children across the world. The event takes intrepid teams up all three of Britain’s highest peaks – Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis – in just two days, with a train providing the transport between mountains. Railway Children has suffered […]

Amey apprentices and graduates took part in the Amey Early Careers Challenge fundraising over £11,000 for Amey’s employee chosen charity, Cancer Research UK. The 29 apprentices and graduates split into five regional teams and were set a target of four weeks to raise as much money as possible for Cancer Research UK. The teams came up with an array of fundraising […]

Amey Consulting has been awarded an ‘Initiative of the Year Award’ by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) for its Future Office Initiative. Amey Consulting’s winning project focused on understanding the impact of homeworking during the Covid-19 pandemic on employee wellbeing and how the Covid-19 pandemic may affect its future offices. The ‘Future Office Initiative’ sought to understand the impact of homeworking on employees and their wellbeing, for […]

Network Rail has teamed up with partners to put on a day of free science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) activities at King’s Cross. The event is aiming to get children involved in educational and fun-filled activities to help encourage them to participate in STEM subjects at school. They can also learn about the railway […]

Having been presented with its tenth Gold Medal Fleet Safety Award, VolkerRail is delighted to receive the prestigious RoSPA President’s Award for outstanding occupational road risk management, as well as its eighth consecutive Gold Medal Award, in recognition of its health and safety performance. Run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, RoSPA […]