Green signal for Women in Rail
A new industry group, Women in Rail, has been officially launched to help further the success of women in the
industry and to highlight their role in shaping the future of rail. The group, which began almost a year ago online via social networking site LinkedIn, will create networking opportunities and a mentoring programme, as well as develop strategies to encourage young people to consider rail as an attractive career choice.
Speakers at
the launch event included the Honourable Anna Walker, chair of the ORR and former Permanent Secretary to the DfT, Sir David Rowlands. Caroline Wilson, head of Recruitment at Northern Rail said: ‘The amount of support received from across the industry demonstrates how
important it is that women are encouraged to participate in a traditionally male-oriented industry.’ Adeline Ginn, founder of Women in Rail, said: ‘We are passionate about rail.’
Number of cable thefts affecting rail services down 67 per cent
Rail passengers are reaping the benefits of years of work to tackle the issue of metal theft on the railway, latest industry
figures show. Delay minutes are down 54 per cent and the total cost to industry has reached a three-year low - down more than £5 million. Network Rail has been working with partners in the railway and other essential infrastructure industries to tackle this crime which, at its peak, caused more than 6,000 hours worth of delays to trains in a single year. As a result of these efforts, delay was down to a combined 2,700 hours in 2012/13. Neil Henry, head of operations and
performance at Network Rail, said: ‘These figures show the true success of partnership working and are great news for passengers and our freight customers. ‘The improvements we have seen are down to a number of factors, including British Transport Police targeting thieves and the scrap dealers buying stolen metal. Our engineers are working with suppliers and other industries to make metal –
particularly our cables – harder to steal and easier to identify, and our teams around the network are introducing new ways of working to reduce delay and fix thefts more quickly. We believe the introduction of new laws following our work with other industries to explain the need for change to government will continue to help stifle the market for stolen metal.’ Rail minister Norman Baker said: ‘The government is strongly committed to tackling metal theft and it is heartening to see that the decisive action that has been taken is now paying off. Government intervention in this area has included £5 million of funding for a task force to crack down on metal and cable thieves along with the introduction of a ban on cash payments by scrap metal dealers, significantly increasing the fines for all offences under the existing Scrap Metal Dealers Act and providing police officers with sufficient powers of entry to tackle illegal trading in metal yards.’ Detective Chief Inspector Gill Murray, of British Transport
Police, said: ‘The significant reductions during the past 12 months are encouraging and are testament to the work done by police and partner agencies to increase the risk of detection and prosecution to offenders, while also reducing the potential rewards for their criminal behaviour. ‘We cannot, however, take our eye off the ball and will continue
to develop initiatives and tactics to make life even more challenging for thieves and unscrupulous metal recyclers. Tackling metal theft in an effective manner is now embedded across police forces and within several industries and, with new legislation due to come into force later this year, there can be no doubt that the UK remains committed to tackling a crime which strikes at the very heart of its infrastructure.’
Ernst & Young diversity ambasssador to speak at Women 1st conference
Liz Bingham, Ernst & Young’s managing partner - people for UK and
Ireland and ambassador for diversity and inclusivity is to speak at the Women 1st 2013 conference to highlight the importance of gender diversity for the passenger transport industry. The event, to be held in London on 19th
June, is the only one dedicated to women in the UK’s hospitality, passenger transport, travel and tourism industries. For more information go to
www.women1st.co.uk
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