I want to take the opportunity now to thank you for Fastline’s commitment and support to PD&T in Network Rail in delivering this huge programme. By 4 December, we will have delivered 24000 places, within deadline and budget, which is remarkable and certainly is not something we could have achieved without the support of the supply chain trainers working as a cohesive team with our own.

Each and every trainer has shown outstanding commitment and flexibility in what has been a considerable challenge – and in some courses the challenges have been considerable but have nevertheless been ably and professionally managed.