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On Wednesday 22nd April 2026 we were delighted to welcome a brilliant panel of women from the transport sector for a panel event focused on lesbian visibility. Scott Heath from Hitachi Rail introduced the event with some background about the lesbian identity and the history of Lesbian Visibility Week, and then Jo Pennell (Strategic HR Business Partner at Hitachi Rail) expertly guided us through the questions before we opened to auidence Q&A. The panellists: Ami Roberts (Head

Hello Journey Members, Apologies, it's been two months since the last newsletter... there was a lot going on during History Month! Firstly, Journey can now insert "award winning..." before our name, after picking up the Diversity & Inclusion Award at the Rail Business Awards in Manchester on 19th February. We won alongside Alstom for the 'Pride on Rails' event at last summer's Greatest Gathering in Derby: our first industry award, not bad going for a three year old network.

On Friday 27th March, several of us were fortunate enough to enjoy a tour of the National Railway Museum in York through a uniquely queer lens. The wonderful Ashlynn Hudson-Welburn, curator at the NRM, guided us around the exhibits while sharing the stories of LGBTQ+ contributions to railways and in turn the impact that railways have had on LGBTQ+ culture. Some of the tour group pose in front of The Flying Scotsman in the NRM Great Hall Ashlynn covered a range of topics: the

On Thursday 19th February 2026 Journey won its first industry award alongside Alstom in the Diversity & Inclusion in Rail category at the Rail Business Awards in Manche ster. The recognition was for the fabulous world's first Pride on Rails at the Railway 200 'Greatest Gathering' at Alstom's Litchurch Lane Works in August 2025. The parade itself was the brain child of Benjamin Goodwin, Co mmunications Director at Alstom, who entrusted the Journey leadership with assemblin