For this month’s Spotlight piece, we interviewed Nicola Chang, a Performance Improvement Manager at Merseyrail. Nicola joined the transport industry in 2010, starting as a Station Retailer and then becoming a Station Manager. She later transferred to Operations as a Guards Manager and her current role is a Performance Improvement Manager. We spoke to her about achievements in her career so far and her experience across different sectors of the industry.

In December’s Spotlight piece, Oyin Ogundipe, area manager of London & Northants at EMR, spoke about her career achievements and her mission to make rail more representative of the communities it serves.

For this month's Spotlight piece, we interviewed Alvin Wedderburn, the Head of Train Delivery Service West at Greater Anglia (GA). Alvin joined the rail industry more than 20 years ago, starting his career as a trainee before going on to become a senior manager, overseeing a team of more than 300 people. We spoke to him about working his way up from the grass roots and to get his perspective on diversity across the sector.

We are pleased to announce the newest addition to our Transport UK team, Martin Beable, who will be taking the reins as our New Trains and Fleet Director.

We interviewed Annamaria Izzard at West Midland Trains for this month's Spotlight series. Annamaria has been at WMT for 22 years and has held various jobs over the years, including managing large stations and senior conductors

To kick-start our ‘Spotlight’ series we are interviewing Transport UK’s Rail Contracts Bid Director, Jane Fisher

Across the group, TUK also received high commendations in eight other categories, a testament to our dedication to providing world-class transportation services that meet and exceed the needs of our customers and communities.

Transport UK is proud to have attended Rail Partners with Ukraine, in support of a campaign to provide food packages for Ukrainian railway workers and their families.

Transport UK is delighted to announce the appointment of Perry Ramsey as the Managing Director of its new consultancy TransportWorks. With more than 40 years in the global rail industry, Perry has a wealth of knowledge and expertise.

Neil Grabham has today been named as the new Managing Director of Merseyrail. Merseyrail is a 50/50 joint venture company between Transport UK and Serco

We are proud to share that a West Midlands Trains (WMT) apprentice technician has won “female apprentice of the year” at the 2023 Women in Rail awards.

Sally Ralston, Community Involvement Manager at Merseyrail has been recognised in the inaugural King’s Birthday Honours list, receiving a British Empire Medal (BEM) for her services to the community of the Liverpool City Region.

We are thrilled to announce the start of a new chapter for our company. After completing a management buyout earlier this year, we are officially rebranding our organisation from Abellio to Transport UK.

To mark International Women’s Day 2023 colleagues from across Abellio’s businesses gathered for a lunchtime discussion focussed on the theme embracing equity.

The deal has received the formal approvals from partners required to complete the MBO

London bus driver Arthur Smith has made headlines for his voluntary work transporting medical supplies and patients across Ukraine.

The first train in West Midlands new fleet has made its inaugural journey marking a significant milestone in a £700m investment in the region’s rail network.

East Midlands Railway has this week signed a National Rail Contract (NRC) with the Secretary of State for Transport.

Abellio UK and Nederlandse Spoorwegen announce management buyout.

Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram today (2nd August) visited London to see some of the city’s state-of-the-art electric buses, on a fact-finding mission to see what could be delivered in the Liverpool City Region.