TransPennine Express named Employer of the Year at Greater Manchester business awards
TransPennine Express (TPE) has been crowned Employer of the Year at a prestigious business awards ceremony, recognising the company’s dedication to...
Women's Development Programmes at TransPennine Express
The UK transport industry has traditionally attracted more men than women; according to data from the Office for National Statistics, only 22% of transport workers are women. TPE is committed to retaining and increasing the number of women at all levels and supporting them to take advantage of the wide range of career opportunities we can offer. A key way of doing this is through development.
Rise Management
In 2024, we launched our Rise development programme. The programme is designed to accelerate the readiness of women managers to apply for ‘Head of’ roles. This programme helps participants to discover their own personal work and leadership styles, improve their awareness of how impact and exposure influence success, identify and remove obstacles to performance and career success through building greater self-belief and more.
Colleagues who have recently completed our Rise Management programme are already seeing the benefits, with nearly 30 per cent of participants having obtained a promotion or taken a new career opportunity since the closing workshop in January 2025. Find out more about the programme in our video.
Rise Frontline
Our Rise Frontline Programme is designed to encourage women in frontline jobs to prepare for and attain their first supervisory or line management role. Within this programme, colleagues will look at what it means to be a leader, understanding their aspirations and preparing for them, and preparing for a team leader role.
Women in Rail Mentoring Programme
TPE are proud to be part of the cross-industry Women in Rail Mentoring Programme. This scheme matches mentors and mentees across rail with the aim to retain and develop diverse women within the sector, supporting them to fulfil their career potential and progress to more senior roles, thus helping shift the dial-in numbers of women at senior and executive levels across our industry. Since 2023, TPE have had at least 5 female mentors and 5 mentees take part in the programme, which lasts nine months and consists of one-on-one meetings between the mentees and mentors, access to live events, training and networking opportunities.
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