On International Womens Day were going to look at a little-known female railway pioneer whose innovations are still making passengers journeys better 100 years on from her first work. Born in Pennsylvania in 1885, Olive Dennis was a railway engineering pioneer. Enrolling at Goucher College Baltimore in 1908 she earned a Batchelor of Arts before ...
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Avanti West Coast's Control department staffed by women to mark International Women's Day.
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To celebrate International Womens Day were learning more about the woman in charge of Trams to Newhaven.
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Nineteen-year-old Lisa-Mariefrom London is defying gender biases. As a civil engineering apprentice helping to build Britain's new railway, shes flying the flag for women and girls working in the construction sector to mark International Women's Day (8th March 2021).
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A graduate who joined Network Rail during the COVID-19 pandemic and has been helping to improve the signalling on the Midland Main Line is encouraging more women to consider a career in the rail industry.
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To mark International Women's Day, Avanti West Coast trainee driver Chloe McKinlay hopes her positive experience will give other females the confidence to challenge traditional gender stereotypes and consider the railway as a realistic career choice.
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On March 8, 2021, women all around the world are celebrated for their achievements on International Women's Day.

We've got a lot of brilliant women working across all areas of ScotRail. From frontline staff working on our trains and in our stations, to those in CCTV keeping everyone safe, to women driving our trains keeping key workers moving, to those keeping the trains running smoothly and every other woman in between.

This year we're shining the spotlight on Syeda Ghufran, our Director of Engineering. When she started at ScotRail she was the only female engineer in a team of 200. Thankfully a lot has changed since then!
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