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Taking place from 28-30 April 2021, RIA’s award-winning virtual Innovation Conference will feature a wide range of keynote addresses, workshops, and extensive networking opportunities around the theme of the Railway of the Future. RIA’s Innovation Conference brings together innovators, clients and policymakers from across the sector and beyond, to showcase some of the leading technologies […]

Routes into Rail is proud to share with you a wide range of graduate schemes from a variety of rail organisations. As of March 2021, there are a number exciting opportunities within the rail sector that you can apply for now, over in the next few weeks:   1. Amey Rail – Graduate Scheme  Business […]

Young people have seen their mental health deteriorate the most since the pandemic began, according to new research from Network Rail and national mental health charity, Chasing the Stigma. Almost three quarters of 18-24-year-olds (69%) say that Covid-19 has had a negative impact on their mental health compared to 28% of over 65s, while nearly […]

London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is making a commitment to bring more women into the rail industry by 2025, focusing specifically on train driver roles. Driving roles currently represent the biggest disparity between male and female applicants. Industry-wide, the 2019 ASLEF Diversity report showed that just 6.5 per cent of train drivers in the UK […]

Book your place now for Muslims in Rail (MIR) upcoming interactive event on International Women’s Day: https://mir-iwd2021.eventbrite.co.uk/ In line with the theme of ‘Choose to challenge’, MIR are hosting a panel of successful female Muslim professionals, challenging stereotypes and fighting prejudice in the rail industry. Participants shall be interviewed as they share their career journeys, and […]

As we approach ‘Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day’, Primary Engineer® is working to bring the wonders of rail into nursery, primary and secondary schools. In their ‘Back on Track’ 2020 report, City & Guilds Group and the National Skills Academy for Rail (NSAR) found that only 24% of women would consider a career in […]

Routes into Rail is proud to share with you a wide range of apprenticeship schemes from a variety of rail organisations. Each scheme is unique and will offer you the opportunity to earn while you learn within an ever changing industry and gain a recognised qualification on completion. Here are a number exciting apprenticeship opportunities […]

Every year Network Rail runs a competition on Twitter inviting people to submit striking images. People then vote for their favourite. Here are 10 of the most liked winners of 2020: 1 – The year’s overall winner was @gj37425 with this photo of DB Cargo UK hauling a railhead treatment train between Easterhouse and Coatbridge. […]

HS2 Ltd  has today launched a brand-new jobs site to promote the estimated 20,000 roles that phase one of the project is creating in the months and years ahead. Follow the link to find out more: hs2.org.uk/supply-chain-jobs

Before one winter’s over, Network Rail is thinking about the next. They plan ahead for snow, ice, floods and wind (as well as sudden changes between them) to keep your journeys on time and safe. Just like road and air travel, wintry weather can pose challenges for the railway – and potential dangers to your journeys. Its […]

Network Rail has joined forces with national conservation charity The Tree Council to plant more than 80,000 trees and hedgerows across the country this winter, as part of a four-year, £1 million tree planting pledge. Local planting schemes, funded by Network Rail and managed by The Tree Council, are taking place in communities from the […]

HS2 today unveiled the use of an innovative onboard robot that will improve safety and efficiency on the high speed rail project’s first two giant tunnelling machines, set to launch early next year. Pioneered by HS2’s main works contractor, Align, the Krokodyl robot is the first of its kind anywhere in the world and will […]