The RailStaff Awards 2024

Martin Hayes

Said the following about Paddington PWAY Teams:

“The past 18 months have been a challenging time for Paddington PWAY, with three section managers and numerous changes regarding staff and work loads the 2 maintenance and patrolling team have excelled during this difficult time. In the last 6 months Reading DU and the Western route for NWR have seen a 80% increase in delivered works. This includes over 9 switch and crossing units being delivered and many more brought out onto various sites, this work is upgrade works for Cross Rail in order to reduce failures on critical assets. This work has been delivered by Team Leaders and technicians who only 7 months ago were not comfortable with taking on this work load.

The team is a valuable asset to Reading DU and would be sought after through the country by various maintainers. During all this they have also managed and ensured safety of the line during the hot weather periods where Paddington had a huge number of CRT sites. The team are now used as role models for best practice and lead the way with delivering work efficiently and safely. The hours put in by the supervisors planners and track team are a credit to the railway and Network Rail.“