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Rail Minister Wendy Morton and Nusrat Ghani MP aboard a Spa Valley service at Eridge, the heritage-style station shared with Southern

Rail minister Wendy Morton, Wealden MP Nusrat Ghani and others celebrate completion of improvement projects at beautiful Sussex railway station Eridge – shared with Spa Valley steam railway

Network Rail has issued the following press release about the completion of a lift and other improvements at Eridge station:
A host of senior railway figures gathered at the classic country junction station of Eridge, East Sussex, today (Wednesday, 16 February) to celebrate the opening of accessibility improvements that mark the final step in a transformation of the location.
The £1.9 projec

The rail operator's trainee driver apprentices kick off training using desk-based simulators

Rail operator reports apprentice boost with uptake driven by women and Black and Minority Ethnic recruits

The number of 2021 apprentices exceeded targets by 20% as 31 to 40 year-old’s look to make career switches and return to work.
The number of apprentices recruited by rail firms Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern in 2021 exceeded its target of 200 by almost 20 per cent. In the past year, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has provided new career opportunities for 239 people, aged from 16 all th

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