ScotRail shows Shields depot

Twenty female school pupils and their teachers from Bellahouston Academy, Glasgow, were given a tour of Shields depot on June 23 as part of the International Women in Engineering Day.

ScotRail Alliance Human Resources Director John Gillies said: “We welcome all candidates bringing the correct skills and knowledge to our workforce.

“We also want to increase the number of female candidates applying to work in all parts of the ScotRail Alliance, and the depot visit hopefully demonstrated to the girls that this is a challenging and vibrant environment that they’d want to work in.”

The pupils were also met by ScotRail Alliance senior engineering managers Syeda Ghufran and Lynsey McCabe, who answered their questions on engineering matters.