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Pandrol move for Satnam
RaF man joins hull trains
Satnam thiara has joined Pandrol uk Limited, as export Marketing Manager focusing on rail markets within South america, africa and asia. A former winner of the RailStaff Awards 2010 Newcomer of the Year Award, Satnam has built a solid career in the rail industry following a successful debut at Bridgeway Consulting followed by spells at Ramboll UK and latterly Network Rail. Says Satnam, ‘Pandrol is a global leader for rail fastening systems and has a reputation for delivering across the world that is second to none. I am really excited to be joining Pandrol and look forward to the challenges ahead.’
Paul boulonois has joined First hull trains as catering officer. The former RAF man turned to rail after a long career in the RAF. After 23 years serving throughout the UK and overseas in the Falklands, Belgium, the Gulf, South Africa, Cyprus and Oman Boulonois joined Arriva Trains Wales in 2007 before moving over to First Hull Trains this summer. Paul is delighted at the move. ‘While one part of my job is to manage the catering, the customer service side is another part. The strongest and most important element of customer service is the staff, to that end I’ve got it easy as the crews are excellent - they are second to none. Of the 800,000 passengers who travel with us every year, someone in my team saw every single one of them - that’s an
Police praise river rescue
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when a disabled man in a wheelchair tumbled into the River nene 100 metres away from a railway bridge under repair, railway scaffolder Jimmy Carr didn’t hesitate. Inflating his life jacket Mr Carr entered the water and struck out for the drowning man. A passing police officer also helped. Says PC Philip Burn of the BTP, ‘Jimmy swam a very long distance across the water using his training, putting his own life and safety at risk in order to help save the drowning male. ‘This river is dangerous and is known to have strong under currents. Upon reaching the other side Jimmy immediately set to helping remove the drowning male from the water and onto the bank to safety. Jimmy’s actions were truly commendable as he put his own life at risk in order to save another. He showed great determination and all of this was done without anyone needing to ask.’ The rest of the BAM Nuttall team, who had been fully trained for river work, assisted with a rescue boat. Police praise the prompt action of the rest of the team. Jimmy Carr works for Network Scaffold. Says Robert Lewis, sub-agent, BAM Nuttall Ltd, ‘Jimmy Carr and the team for sure saved this man’s life. The site team and Jimmy are very proud of what was achieved. We are here to make a difference and on that day that is exactly what we did. Not only is Jimmy a great member of the team but we are now considering entering him for local swimming competitions, minus his work gear and especially his heavy working boots!’ The gentleman in the wheelchair has made a full recovery.
awesome achievement. I also believe that the overwhelming majority of those people will have been impressed with the professionalism and personability of the crews.’
Lupton to head signalling at Parsons brinckerhoff Matthew Lupton is the new head of Signalling at Parsons brinckerhoff. A chartered railway signal engineer, Lupton is a member of the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers, and the Institution of Engineering and Technology. He holds a Masters degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Wales, Bangor. Since joining Parsons Brinckerhoff’s rail engineering team in the Manchester office in 2011 as Principal Engineer, Lupton has led the company’s signalling work on a number of major programmes, including NWEP and HS2, as well as assisting Network Rail with the delivery of the outer area schemes for Northern Hub. www.railstaff.co.uk