NEWS
Encouraging young people into the rail industry
Recruiting young people into the rail industry can be a challenging task. The Derby Railway Engineer- ing Society (DRES) is holding an event on Wednesday January 18 with lectures and panel discussion to see what can be done to meet the challenge.
‘Encouraging Young People into the Rail Industry’ will be attended by organisations with a big stake in developing the next generation of railway workers.
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A new identification scheme has been trialled in the north east to make it easier to trace sellers of stolen metal. This is one of a num- ber of measures implemented by all affected industries working to- gether to tackle the huge problem of cable theft.
The trial has been developed by Network Rail and the police in partnership with the British Metals Recycling Association, designed
to target dealers who operate out- side the law, but not to inhibit le- gitimate businesses. It will operate for six months with the option to extend the trial for longer.
Robin Edwards from ACPO said: “As of 3 January 2012, those selling scrap metal to participat- ing dealers in Northumbria, Dur- ham and Cleveland will now be required to provide proof of their identity supported with a utility
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bill, which must be under three months old and show their ad- dress.”
Ian Hetherington, director general at the British Metals Recycling As- sociation, said: “BMRA and our members are actively supporting the initiative. The measures being trialled are sensible and provide the basis for a reform of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act – which we all want.”
Talks will be given by Allan J Jones, the president of the DRES, Elaine Clark, head of process de- velopment at NSARE and David Horton, engineer at Bombardier Transportation and a member of the Young Railway Professionals (YRP).
The event, which is open to all, will be held at the Derby Conference Centre and begins at 6pm. For more information on attending, visit:
www.dres.org.uk
The ORR and DfT have published plans to give the regulator more powers to protect passenger in- terests through complaints han- dling and the responsibility for all aspects for approving, monitoring and enforcing compliance with Disabled People’s Protection Poli- cies (DPPPs).
The DfT also plans to transfer re- sponsibility for monitoring train performance and service stand- ards to the ORR, building on the findings from Roy McNulty’s Value for Money report.
Rail minister Theresa Villiers said: “We are proposing new powers for the regulator as well as ask- ing whether further changes are needed to allow it to function as an effective passenger champion.”
But ATOC chief executive Michael Roberts said the proposal needs to be “rigorously tested”, adding: “The regulator needs to continue focusing on doing a better job of
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holding Network Rail to account, particularly on performance and cost-efficiency, before taking on new responsibilities.”
ORR chair Anna Walker said: “We welcome proposals for an expanded role for the rail regula- tor with greater powers to protect passengers’ interests. Strong, proportionate regulation is vital if passengers and funders are to get the service they rightly deserve.”
Other long-term proposals in- clude the ORR monitoring and enforcing service quality stand- ards and compensation agreed in the franchise, or committed to in the franchise bidding process, via a licence rather than by the Gov- ernment through a contractual mechanism.
Details on how to contribute to the consultation, which closes on March 2, are at www.rail-reg.
gov.uk/server/show/ConWeb- Doc.10746
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