This document is a trade magazine from February 2016 about the railway industry in the UK. It discusses an upcoming event for young rail professionals and profiles three young professionals - Rob, Fran, and Sofia Maria - who are helping to deliver major infrastructure projects and transition the railway to new technologies like ETCS signalling. It emphasizes the importance of attracting and developing new talent to meet the UK's rail ambitions.

1. Publication:
Date:
Type:
Circulation:
Readership:
Display Rate (£/cm²):
Size (cm²):
AVE:
RailStaff
01/02/2016
Trade Magazine Monthly . [ UK ]
50925
152775
4.36
1260
5493.60
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Copyright material. Copying is only permitted under the terms of a Newspaper Licensing
Agency agreement , Copyright Licensing Agency agreement
or with written publisher permission.
IPCB Tel: 020 7708 2113 - Fax: 020 7701 4489
(www.nla.co.uk)
(www.cla.co.uk)
info@ipcb.co.uk www.ipcb.co.uk

2. 53
Sponsored by:
epeS
. } YOUNG RAIL
• PROFESSIONALS
With three course dinner and live bond
An evening celebrating the rising talents
in the railway industry
National Rail Museum, YORK
Friday 8 April, 2016
Keynote speaker Sir Peter Hendy, and
Presentation of the award far
Young Roil Professional of the Year
Far more info and to book your ticket visit
www.youngroilpro.com
to learn about new systems, so I
jumped at it.
'Signalling is a dynamic
discipline, and I enjoy learning
about the new technology, for
example optimising how the
balises talk to the ETCS eqUipped
train via the radio block centre
system, exchanging information
I)etween driver and interlocking
control centre about routes that
have been set, speed, position of
train and number and type of trains
running.
'It is very fUlfilling to be working
on these forward-looking projects.
The work we do now will provide
the blueprint for a safer, more
efficient railway:
Delivering nationally significant
infrastructure projects that are
subject to tight time frames and
unique challenges, all the while
under close public scrutiny, attracts
a certain type of person: the
'problem solvers' that Rob refers to.
But to meet the UK's rail ambitions,
both for the conventional railway
and high-speed rail, we need to
attract more talent like Rob, Fran
and Sofia Maria, into our industry.
The partnership between YRP
and WSP I Parsons Brinckerhoff
helps to support career
development of early career
professionals in the industry and,
through educational outreach and
profile raising activities, inspire the
next generation.
If you would like to find out
more about how to support YRP
to build careers and promote
rail engineering to the stars of
tomorrow, contact get-involved@
youngrailpro.com.•
ETCS
Fran and Rob know all too well
the importance of breaking away
from the silo mentality, which fits
with the spirit of YRP's cross-
industry collaboration model.
Fran says, 'We [in Rail Systems]
sit between the civil engineers
who deal with earthworks and
structures, and the environmental
consultants who work to minimise
the impact on the communities in
which we operate.
'Transparency is achieved
through face-to-face weekly
meetings, using technology
like Lync, webinars and video
conferencing, anything really that
gets people talking, sharing and
engaging with the bigger picture:
High-speed rail is shaking
things up throughout the industry
and has introduced lots of shiny
new technology to get excited
about. Sofia-Maria Angelara is
a signalling design engineer for
WSP I Parsons Brinckerhoff, and
networking and development
manager for the North West
committee of YRP. She represents
one of the new generation of
professionals bridging the needs
of the conventional railway with the
high-speed era.
She said, 'Instead of the
conventional, 'red, yellow, green'
system of signalling, high-speed
rail will use ETCS [European Train
Control System] signalling. This is a
completely different concept, willl
different effects concerning, for
example, constant monitoring of
the train's speed and position. Not
many designers Ilave the chance
'.
·...
FACEBOOK.COM/RAILSTAFF I @RAILSTAFFUK I RAILSTAFF.UK