Southern: Wessex news
Network Rail works with Surrey school to increase take-up of female employees
Network Rail has kicked off its campaign to increase the number of females employed on Britain’s railways with an event at Ash Manor School in Surrey, which is designed to show teenage girls the enormous breadth of careers available in engineering and the wider railway industry.
- Network Rail sets target of increasing female workforce to 20 percent by 2020
- New engagement programme, ‘People Like Me’, launched to inspire young women to pursue careers in engineering
Network Rail renews important sections of track at Waterloo to improve reliability
Network Rail has completed an important weekend of improvements at Waterloo this weekend (4/5 March) replacing vital sections of track to make the railway more resilient and more reliable as part of the enormous £800 million Waterloo & South West Upgrade.
Network Rail and Stagecoach lead the way on International Women’s Day with female route leaders
- Only route in the UK headed up by two female managing directors
- Becky Lumlock of Network Rail and Margaret Kay of South West Trains lead track and train on one of country’s busiest networks
Major railway upgrades will mean weekend changes for passengers
Network Rail and South West Trains are advising passengers to Check Before You Travel as major track upgrades at Waterloo as part of the Waterloo & South West Upgrade, and improvement works elsewhere on the network, will significantly reduce the number of trains running during two weekends in March.
Network Rail strengthens Wessex route management team
Network Rail has appointed Jason Bridges into a new key role of Chief Operating Officer for its Wessex route, which includes all services to and from Waterloo, to strengthen the daily focus on delivering a safe and reliable railway.
Passengers set to benefit from £6 million flood alleviation scheme
Hundreds of thousands of London commuters are set to benefit from a £6m flood alleviation scheme just completed by Network Rail.
Virtual station: Commuters get a glimpse of the new Waterloo station – before it’s even built
Network Rail and South West Trains are giving passengers an early glimpse of how the multi-million pound re-development of the former International Terminal at Waterloo will eventually look, by using virtual reality headsets (footage available for download).
Residents invited to find out more about Surrey level crossing improvements
Network Rail is inviting residents living near Woodfield Lane level crossing in Ashtead, Surrey, to come and find out more about upcoming improvement work at the crossing aimed at making it safer and more reliable.
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