Articles by Paul Clifton - Page 8

How easy is it to return after years out of the workplace? And then land a hugely competitive place as a trainee train driver? Paul Clifton finds out.

Paul Clifton fires the questions at Network Rail’s Managing Director, Southern Region, who is addicted to fizzy drink…

With a looming ‘retirement bulge’ in the industry, Paul Clifton visits Southern’s Selhurst Depot, and looks at efforts to widen candidate selection

The Island Line on the Isle of Wight is to close completely for a month from September, and partly for nine months.

The newest entrant to the rail freight market is parcels carrier Varamis. Paul Clifton asks founder Phil Read what he needs from an incoming government.

Train operators, container port owners and supply chain experts describe the paths that the government and the freight companies should take for growth.

The Government has approved new open access operators. Labour says it will retain the concept if it wins the election. Paul Clifton hears from the operators.

Is what happened between Reading and Paddington symptomatic of wider problems coming soon to a railway near you?

Nearly 7,500 food parcels have been delivered to Ukrainian Railway workers and their families, paid for by donations from British rail companies.

Train drivers worry that a gradual lowering of rail’s dependability reflects managed decline of the infrastructure. ASLEF General Secretary Mick Whelan sets out his concerns to PAUL CLIFTON