A third of new Avanti West Coast trainee driver recruits are women after a recent recruitment campaign. The number has increased from one in five after the operator pledged to increase the percentage ...
"Machines don't see gender; they see your strength," says Surekha Yadav, who has been driving India's trains for over three decades. Earlier this week, Ms Yadav bade farewell to her job after 36 years ...
Surekha Yadav became a train driver at a time when it was uncommon for Indian women to take up the profession.