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Jobs boost from HS2 - Osborne
HS2 will create 10,000 con- struction jobs and thousands of permanent rail industry posts, Chancellor George Osborne has pledged.
Travel times between London and Birmingham could shrink to as little as half an hour once high- speed services begin.
Osborne, on a visit to Birmingham, said: “The project will create 10,000 construction jobs fol- lowed by 8,000 permanent jobs in and around Birmingham itself – 4,500 of which will be based in Curzon Street.
“These are not my figures; they are the findings of a new independent
The new city centre station will be built in the Curzon Street / Fazeley Street area in Birmingham’s Eastside regeneration area.
HS2 Ltd is considering using the old train-making works at Washwood Heath, Birmingham, as a rail maintenance depot. The closure of the former Alstom and LDV factories in the area meant the loss of 2,000 jobs over the past six years.
study into the project, which is a vital piece of transport infrastruc- ture both for Birmingham and the rest of the country.”
Chairman of Centro, the inte- grated transport authority for the region, Councillor Angus Adams, said: “I welcome the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s comments as they reinforce what we have be- lieved all along about HS2.
‘Successful start’ for NSARE - chief executive
The National Skills Academy for Railway Engineering (NSARE) is now fully up and running, based out of the Association of Train Operating Companies’ (ATOC) of- fices in Bernard Street, London.
The full board of the not-for-profit company has been confirmed as:
Terry Morgan (Chairman, Crossrail)
Arith Liyange (MD, Carillion Rail, also representing National Rail Contractors Group) Colin Walton (Chairman, Bombardier UK) David Waboso (Director, Capital Projects, London Underground, also representing TfL) James Drummond (CEO, Invensys Rail) Jeremy Candfield (Director General, Railway Industry Association) John Hawkins (Technical Director, First Group, also rep- resenting ATOC Engineering Council)
John Stansfeld (Transportation Director, Lloyds Register) Pino DeRosa (MD, Bridgeway Consulting also representing Railway Industry Contractors Association) Rob Brooke (MD, VTG Rail UK also representing freight) Simon Jamieson (MD, Rail Tech Group also representing SME)
Stephen Tetlow (Chief execu- tive, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, also representing en- gineering institutions) Steve Yianni (Engineering direc- tor, Network Rail)
NSARE has been running since the beginning of February, with £2.7m in skills funding from the Government and a three- year sponsorship of its Head of Training and Skills post for three years, worth £300,000, by The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust (LRET).
During the visit of the Cabinet to Derby on March 7, Transport Secretary Philip Hammond heard a presentation on NSARE by its chief executive, Gil Howarth, who has also talked of the “amazing success” the organisation has had at getting support from the industry and government.
NSARE and the LRET are also sponsoring the Smallpeice Trust educational charity to promote railway engineering to schoolchil- dren as part of the national Sci- ence, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) initiative. It will give 2,000 students a year from across the country the chance to participate in free ‘STEM Days’ and to attend four-day residential courses across England.
On the STEM Days, the 13 and 14 year old students will put their design, technology, engineering and maths talents to the test in a unique one-day railway engineer- ing challenge.
NSARE chairman Terry Morgan said: “I am delighted that we have been successful in gaining support for developing railway engineering skills. The railway industry has many new exciting programmes going forward and we must make sure we have the skills to deliver these programmes successfully.
“The Skills Academy is, in my opinion, critically important to realise the full potential that the railway sector can contribute to the UK economy.”
FOR MORE INFORMATION For more on NSARE, see pages 51-52. Or visit
www.nsare.org
“It is a project which brings mas- sive employment and regenera- tion opportunities to the whole region.”
Centro chief executive Geoff Inskip urged businesses to get behind the project and added: “Our own independent study has shown that the substantial boost to West Midlands economic output, average wages and job creation that the Chancellor is talking about could in fact be doubled if the high speed line is combined with improvements to the region’s existing rail network, bringing over 22,000 new jobs to the West Midlands and boosting the regional economy by £1.5bn a year.”
Safety report reveals rail deaths and injuries
2010 was the third year running with no passenger or workforce deaths in train accidents, the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) has reported.
There was also a drop in accidents and deaths at level crossings, though more deaths at stations, workforce deaths and Signals Passed at Danger. The RSSB said these figures should be seen in the context of a 25% rise in passenger numbers in five years.
Three people fell from the platform and were electrocuted, another three fell from the platform and were struck by trains and two died after falling on escalators. One died after an assault.
Anson Jack, RSSB director of pol- icy, research and risk, said: “The number of potentially higher-risk train accidents was at a record low, and the trend in train accident precursors continued to be main- tained at a lower level.”
An ATOC spokesperson said: “Train companies and their part- ners will continue to put all of their efforts into ensuring that stations and trains are as safe as they pos- sibly can be for everyone who uses them.”
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