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LNER Gives Behind the Scenes Look Into Crucial Role Keeping Railway Running

23/06/2025

LNER Gives Behind the Scenes Look Into Crucial Role Keeping Railway Running

To mark International Women in Engineering Day (23 June 2025), LNER is sharing a behind-the-scenes glimpse of a day in the life of one of its engineering team.

In the short film, Kinga Bogdanowicz, Fleet Control Manager at LNER, takes viewers inside the East Coast Main Line nerve-centre, the Rail Operating Centre in York, and gives an insight into her role and the part she and her team play in keeping the railway running.

International Women in Engineering Day, led by the Women’s Engineering Society, takes place every June to celebrate the work engineers are doing around the world and inspire future generations.

Kinga said: “The LNER route stretches almost a thousand miles between London King’s Cross and the Scottish Highlands, and we operate around 170 services a day. There are so many opportunities for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) related careers within rail, from train maintenance to software analysis, and much more.”

“My first role was as a Customer Service Assistant, and I worked in a variety of posts across the business before moving into the engineering team about ten years ago. Every day is different. My team and our colleagues make sure there are enough trains available to run our services each day. We plan weeks and months ahead, working alongside Hitachi and Northern Trains, who maintain the LNER fleet of Azuma and InterCity 225 trains.”

Kinga added: “I’m also proud to be involved in the planning of special events, which have included the launch of our ‘Bradford 2025’ and ‘Darlington’ named Azuma trains, helping to make sure the trains are where they need to be and in first class condition.”

Speaking about International Women in Engineering Day, Dr Linda Wain, Engineering Director at LNER, said: “From keeping our trains on the move, to planning the introduction of our new tri-mode fleet, and working with industry colleagues to bring in digital in-cab signalling on the southern part of our route, engineers are key to our industry.

“International Women in Engineering Day not only provides an opportunity to celebrate achievements, but it also shines a light on this brilliant profession and all it has to offer, with the aim of inspiring our engineers of the future.”

The short film featuring Kinga can be viewed here.