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Crossrail bosses have pinpointed 140 “critical” workers needed to get the mega project across the line.
Chief executive Mark Wild told an Elizabeth line committee meeting last week that retention plans will be drawn up for these key members of the workforce.
“We’ve identified 140 critical Crossrail and Rail for London (RFL) people and we will make sure they have dedicated retention plans – either individually or with their host organisations,” he said.
“But I am very confident that we will keep a grip on the people to get to the end of the job.”
Wild emphasised that Crossrail has a “very, very low rate of losing staff and a very, very low vacancy rate”.
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The UK needs a programme of rail electrification to be implemented “immediately” in order to meet its revised net zero commitments, according to 17 rail industry bodies, businesses and campaign groups.
An open letter to transport secretary Grant Shapps says that it “will be impossible to decarbonise rail without further electrification”.
The calls for electrification come after the government committed to reducing the UK’s carbon emissions by 78% by 2035.
The letter is accompanied by a new report
Why Rail Electrification? which sets out why – even with the development of clean new technologies like battery and hydrogen trains – the industry will be unable to decarbonise the rail network to the extent required without significant further electrification.
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