{"id":327954,"date":"2025-12-12T00:57:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/railuk.com\/?p=186603"},"modified":"2025-12-12T00:57:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:57:20","slug":"celebrating-excellence-in-customer-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=327954","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating excellence in customer care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/railuk.com\/railstaff-awards\/celebrating-excellence-in-customer-care\/\" title=\"Celebrating excellence in customer care\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"485\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/11145520\/RSA-2025-CUSTOMER-SERVICE-485x360.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/11145520\/RSA-2025-CUSTOMER-SERVICE-485x360.png 485w, https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/11145520\/RSA-2025-CUSTOMER-SERVICE-80x60.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Outstanding customer service is the heartbeat of any successful organisation, and in the rail industry it can define a passenger\u2019s entire journey. The Customer Service Person or Team Award celebrates those who go above and beyond to deliver exceptional experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Great service doesn\u2019t just solve problems; it builds trust, loyalty, and long-term confidence in rail travel. This award is our opportunity to honour the individuals and teams who turn everyday interactions into meaningful connections and keep customers returning.<\/p>\n<p>This award this year was presented to Grand Central\u2019s Customer Relations Team, whose achievements set a new standard for excellence. Over the past year, the team has resolved an impressive 98.6% of cases within 20 days, boosted customer satisfaction by 22%, and handled more than 42,000 interactions with unwavering professionalism and compassion.<\/p>\n<p>The team\u2019s proactive initiatives and cross-functional collaboration have driven real improvements across the business. It has transformed feedback into action, restored passenger trust, and created a compassionate, high-performing team culture that defines customer advocacy. Its work has not only elevated customer experience but strengthened the company as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is several years of hard work that\u2019s finally paid off for us and our customers,\u201d said Grand Central\u2019s Sarah Newton on behalf of the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are a small team, but the amount of work these guys get through &#8211; and how they support our customers &#8211; is exceptional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Customer Service Team or Person Award was presented by Paul Dalgleish of Train\u2019d Up, a leading national provider of apprenticeships and work-based learning solutions.<\/p>\n<p>A long-standing supporter of the RailStaff Awards, Train\u2019d Up continues to champion excellence across the rail industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highly commended:<\/strong><br \/>Laura Holmes, Southeastern<br \/>Ollie Ivan, South Western Railway<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/railuk.com\/railstaff-awards\/celebrating-excellence-in-customer-care\/\" title=\"Celebrating excellence in customer care\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"485\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.railuk.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/11145520\/RSA-2025-CUSTOMER-SERVICE-485x360.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"><\/a>Outstanding customer service is the heartbeat of any successful organisation, and in the rail industry it can define a passenger\u2019s entire journey. The Customer Service Person or Team Award celebrates those who go above and beyond to deliver exceptional experiences. Great service doesn\u2019t just solve problems; it builds trust, loyalty, and long-term confidence in rail [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16017,47,18163,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-news","category-rail-news","category-railstaff-awards","category-uk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=327954"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328351,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327954\/revisions\/328351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=327954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=327954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=327954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}