At the outbreak of World War One, the NER employed 1,470 women and girls. By the end of hostilities this had risen to 7,885. Much more information is to be found in the book "The North Eastern Railway in the First World War" by our member Rob Langham.
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The first separation between train operators and railway infrastructure took place on the Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1825. It was not a success.
