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Want to try out a rail career before you decide, or gain some work experience for your CV? Rail offers lot of opportunities to get a taste of what it is like to work in the industry, including a free virtual work experience programme you can do in your own time.

Access the the work experience here: https://www.springpod.com/virtual-work-experience/routes-into-rail/WEXP-00049

Routes into Rail provides a single source of advice and information on careers offered in the rail industry. It aims to inspire and educate a new generation of talent – providing information to young people on the variety of entry pathways available and showcasing, through multimedia content, that rail has a job and a career for everyone.

The rail industry is facing pressing skills shortages. Demand has increased, caused by significant government investment in rail projects.

Thousands of skilled professionals make those journeys possible: coordinating, advocating, building, problem-solving and innovating.

Join an industry that offers varied and exciting careers. Whether it’s building state-of-the-art stations, designing more energy-efficient trains, or finding innovative ways to keep people safe, there’s a route into rail for everyone.

One of the best ways to enter the rail sector is through an apprenticeship. Apprenticeships offer the opportunity to earn while you learn and gain a recognised qualification on completion.

If you have a degree, there are many different graduate schemes you can apply for within the rail industry.

Looking for a career switch-up? Rail has career options for people of all ages and with many different types of experience.

Get a better idea of the training that David had to do to take on his role in rail and what has been the most exciting piece of work for him so far.

Find out the most surprising parts of Emily’s training and what she enjoys about her role.

Danny shares just what his role involves working in the rail industry.

Engineers come in different forms. Chris Beales works as a Principal Reliability Engineer at Porterbrook and tells us what a day in his life looks like.

Learn what working as a graduate civil engineer means for Robert Earles. Describing his key responsibilities and how he learns on the job to combat challenges.

Kashif tells us what his role as a manager involves while working at Volker Rail.

Alice Brophy tells us what work she takes on both internally and externally with the business.

Learn about how Christian Richardson works with his disability in his job in rail.

An engineering graduate trainee shares what a day in the life looks like in Porterbrook.

Katie Frost shares what a day in the life of Managing Director at Network Rail High Speed. Managing over 500 people throughout the entire business. A great example of showing how varied a job in rail could be.

Anthony Chow, a graduate engineer, gives us a great insight to his role within the engineering team and what he enjoys most about his job.

Anna Gray, a fleet support engineer describes what their key responsibilities are at Porterbrook. She also talks about her typical day and valuable insight to the diversity in job roles in the rail industry.