Signaller training centre set up in record time

NETWORK Rail has transformed the former workshops and meeting rooms in Newport, South Wales, into a training centre for more than 200 volunteer railway signallers returning to work during the Covid-19 crisis.

NR recently appealed for retired signallers, or those who have moved to other careers in the railway industry, to provide cover during the coronavirus outbreak.

The temporary training centre at Crindau took just four weeks to construct.