Carne plans female recruitment drive

Only 16% of Network Rail’s 40,000 staff are women, and boss Mark Carne has concluded that ‘it is clear that equality of opportunity is not enough’
 
Network Rail, Thameslink Programme and contractors celebrating Women in Engineering Day in 2015
 
Network Rail chief executive Mark Carne has told senior managers throughout the company to draw up plans to raise the proportion of women employed to a minimum of 20% in each area of the business.
The decision was based on a