Transport for Wales (TfW) is adopting a new design of face covering to assist customers who need to see lips moving to help them understand. The new face coverings, which are bring provided for front […]
The rail industry has, for some time, realised that both women and minorities are under-represented in its workforce. Now ScotRail is supporting a campaign to encourage more women and members of the Black, Asian and […]
To mark National Inclusion Week 2020, South Western Railway has reaffirmed its commitment to encouraging greater diversity amongst its workforce by running three dedicated services – each staffed respectively by female, LGBT+ and BAME employees. […]
October 2020 is Black History Month. To mark the occasion, a plaque was unveiled at Chatham station in honour of Asquith Xavier, the pioneer for black equality who successfully broke the racist ‘colour bar’ at […]
At a time when some passengers are finding travelling by train and using stations difficult, due to COVID-19 precautions, and those with disabilities and special needs are finding it even harder, train operator Northern has […]
As the rail industry strives to improve accessibility to stations and trains, Northern and Network Rail have transformed accessibility for many stations in the north west. The working hours of more than 50 lifts across […]
High-speed railway project HS2 has released its EDI Annual Report 2019/20, in which it details its equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) work, including the impact of that work across its workforce, supply chain, design and […]
As more train operators join the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Scheme, London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is marking its first year in the programme. Since it became the first UK train company to introduce Sunflower lanyards, […]
Avanti West Coast has become the latest train operator to adopt the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Scheme – an initiative for customers to discreetly indicate they have a hidden disability while travelling. Under the scheme, customers […]
Tuesday 23 June 2020 is International Women in Engineering Day, and Network Rail is taking the opportunity to celebrate female engineers to inspire more women and girls into engineering. The celebration follows new research, which […]
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