Industrial
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Avanti West Coast launches smartcard to boost sustainability
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Long-distance rail operator Avanti West Coast has launched an alternative to traditional paper tickets.
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Rail union demands suspension of on-train ticket inspections
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Rail union leaders are calling for on-train revenue protection and ticket inspections to be scrapped because of COVID-19 safety concerns.
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East Midlands Railway on lookout for fleet engineers of the future
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East Midlands Railway (EMR) is offering opportunities for people from across the East Midlands to ‘learn on the job’ while also expanding the rail industry’s skills base.
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Rail innovators invited to bid on £9m First Of A Kind fund
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Rail Minister Chris Heaton-Harris has launched the fifth round of the First of a Kind (FOAK) competition, inviting cutting-edge ideas that will improve passenger experience and decarbonise the rail network.
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GTR announce new recruit plans for National Apprentice Week
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Firms across the UK have been announcing a number of training programmes to mark National Apprenticeship Week, which starts today (February 8).
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TUC calls for decent pay rise for public sector workers
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The Government is being urged to reconsider plans for pay restraint in the public sector after research suggested it would hit the economy.
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Minister defends inflation-busting rise in rail fares
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The Government has defended the 2.6% rise in rail fares due next month.
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Rail unions slam ‘kick in the teeth’ pay rises decision
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The Government is on a collision course with rail unions after revealing that pay rises for workers in the industry will only be considered in exceptional circumstances.
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RMT: Transport workers must be classed as priority for vaccine
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Union leaders are calling for transport workers to be classified as a priority group for the COVID-19 vaccine amid claims of a “surge” in deaths among rail and other staff.
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Anger over funding cuts for northern transport schemes
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Funding cuts to key transport initiatives in the North threaten the Government’s levelling up agenda, leaders in the region have claimed.
