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Next Tuesday February 8th from 9am, Routes into Rail are partnering with CareerMap to produce an event highlighting the apprenticeship opportunities available in rail. Representatives from NSAR, Amey, GWR, Network Rail and more will highlight the wide range of apprenticeship paths available in rail. You’ll hear from people on how their apprenticeship started, the challenges […]

Virtual Reality and real time monitoring by sensors built into HS2’s infrastructure including rails, bridges and overhead power lines will help make Britain’s new high speed rail network one of the world’s most reliable railways. Detailed designs being prepared by engineers working on Britain’s new highspeed rail network are being developed using advanced computer design […]

Network Rail and The Talent Foundry have completed the initial pilot scheme of the Track to the Future programme, which aims to inspire young people to consider a career in the rail sector. Four schools took part in the pilot programme: Lord Grey Academy (Bletchley), The Adeyfield Academy (Hemel Hempstead), King Edwards VI Handsworth Wood […]

HS2 Ltd is searching for talented graduates to join them to create Britain’s low-carbon, high-speed railway. It is offering 16 lucky applicants the chance to join its teams as part of the 2022 programme. This year’s graduate vacancies include: project management and IT focused roles; engineering roles supporting HS2’s vast construction programme; opportunities to join […]

Network Rail’s leaders have pledged to increase the number of disabled people they employ after figures showed that less than 3% of their 44,000-strong workforce has declared a disability or long-term health condition. Chair Sir Peter Hendy CBE, board member Dr Stephen Duckworth, and chief executive Andrew Haines vowed to tackle the issue during open […]

East West Rail Connection Stage One is currently being built between Oxford, Bletchley and Milton Keynes by Network Rail and the East West Rail Alliance. The first phase of the project, between Oxford and Bicester was completed in 2015, and construction is currently underway to build the second phase between Bicester, Bletchley and Milton Keynes. […]

Rail Wellbeing Live 2021 is the rail industry’s largest free health and wellbeing event is returning next month on 17th – 18th November 2021. Television presenter Fearne Cotton and former footballer and pundit Paul Merson are the latest speakers to be announced for Rail Wellbeing Live which will run virtually over two days (17 to […]

Over 16,000 people from across the rail industry took part in Rail Wellbeing Live on 17th & 18th November, the industry’s biggest health and wellbeing event. It is still possible for more of the rail industry to get involved as all sessions are free to watch online on-demand until Thursday 2 December. Access is available […]

Many people working in rail start with an apprenticeship. This allows you to: Combine on-the-job training with classroom learning. Study from intermediate (GCSE equivalent) to degree level. Earn at least the National Minimum Wage while you train. Apprenticeships take between one and six years to complete, and there’s several types of apprenticeships. Finding the right […]

Members of Britain’s rail youth community partnership were given the chance to ride on the UK’s first hydrogen-fuelled train to and from Glasgow at COP26. Youngsters from the 6VT Community Rail Partnership, based in Edimnburgh, boarded the HydroFLEX train along with Jools Townsend, chief executive of Community Rail Network. Created in a project headed by […]

Network Rail’s Commercial and Procurement (C&P) team has reached an important milestone in partnering with suppliers to tackle climate change by securing commitments from 50% of suppliers to join the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) to reduce their carbon footprint. Science Based Targets are a key part of Network Rail’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy to deliver […]

Amey Consulting’s new Environmental Practitioner Apprenticeship Programme will develop key environmental skills and build capacity to deliver sustainable net zero infrastructure. The programme gives school leavers the opportunity to work towards an Environmental Management degree while gaining experience in Amey Consulting’s Environment and Sustainability team. The five-year, fully funded course took in its first cohort […]