Industrial
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Network Rail appoint new managing director of Wales & Western
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Network Rail has appointed Michelle Handforth as the new managing director for the Wales & Western region.
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Rail minister announces plan to accelerate major rail projects
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Britain’s rail industry has been urged to pioneer “radical” new ways of working to fast-track major projects.
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Railway Benefit Fund announces ‘Railway Family Week’ fundraiser
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The Railway Benefit Fund (RBF) is staging a week-long fundraising event designed to bring together the Railway Family in support of colleagues in need.
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Rail punctuality improves despite fewer services, says ORR
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Rail punctuality and reliability has improved, although with fewer services, according to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).
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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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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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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.
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Rail operators and Government to assess rail service levels
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Rail operators are “working closely” with the Government to ensure adequate rail services throughout England’s fresh national COVID-19 lockdown.
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VIDEO: Wall collapse during Network Rail work on Nine Elms viaduct
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Footage has surfaced showing a wall collapse during engineering works on a Network Rail viaduct in Nine Elms, London.
