News Latest updates on rail careers from the Routes into Rail team.

Routes into Rail has a featured article in CareerMag for School Leavers written by our own Barry Smith, Head of Skills and Assessment at NSAR. The article focuses on the different career opportunities in the rail sector and the industry’s green credentials. An excerpt of the article: “Electrification will need lots more design engineers, electrification engineers, […]

June 23rd marked International Women in Engineering Day, and employers across the rail sector paid tribute to fantastic engineers in their companies. Network Rail HS2  East Midlands Rail Rail Delivery Group and BAM Nuttall  

Amey Consulting has welcomed its first cohort of students to the Civil Engineer Degree Apprenticeship (CEDA) programme. Working in partnership with The School of Energy, Construction and Environment (ECE) at Coventry University, the programme will help bring new talent into the industry, support the skills gap, encourage diversity, and foster local skills in regional areas. […]

Routes into Rail will be in attendance at Rail Live on June 16th – 17th 2021!  We will be located at stand L16 at ‎Quinton Rail Technology Centre, Warwickshire alongside the entire rail industry to see: Live plant demonstrations Real rolling stock on display Networking with representatives from across the railway The chance to learn about the […]

Network Rail is marking LGBT Pride Month by hosting its second annual Pride Fest event across two weeks in June, following the success of the inaugural event last year. The festival – led by Network Rail’s Archway employee network – will feature a series of events, including panel debates, a guest appearance from LGBT+ activist […]

Network Rail has announced plans to work with rolling stock owner and asset manager, Porterbrook, to showcase some of the best of British low-carbon train technology at the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), which will be held in Glasgow later this year. The collaboration will bring a ground-breaking hydrogen-powered HydroFLEX train that has been converted to include an ‘on-board boardroom’ […]

HS2 is going way beyond requirements to lower carbon and emissions on its construction sites, and with HS2’s Curzon Street Station site in the Birmingham city centre, the project confirms that the use of the latest, cleanest technology will lower emissions, protecting the environment and keeping people safe. A whole range of innovations are being […]

Rail employers are now starting to embrace the Department for Work and Pensions’ Kickstart Scheme, creating the opportunities so desperately needed for young people. Recent Office for National Statistics data showed that in January 2021 the number of employees on payroll had fallen by 726,000 since the COVID-19 pandemic began in February 2020. Three out […]

The launch of the first of ten giant tunnelling machines that will dig 64 miles of tunnels between London and the West Midlands, is just the latest example of how HS2 is securing jobs and helping the UK to build back better from the pandemic. More than 16,000 jobs and over 500 apprenticeships are already […]

The Times Top 50 Employers for Women is the UK’s most well-established listing of employers leading the way on workplace gender equality. It celebrates outstanding progress and examples of best practice, impact, innovation and individual achievement. Loraine Martins OBE, director of Diversity and Inclusion at Network Rail, said: “We are incredibly proud to have been […]

This Friday 23rd April, representatives from across the rail sector will be joining Routes into Rail at Student Pride Careers fair – the UK’s largest LGBTQ+ career fair. ‘Pride Careers’ allows companies looking to attract diverse graduate talent to set out their stalls each year. This is an opportunity for over 3,000 LGBTQ+ students to […]

The month of Ramadan is upon us, and whether you are participating or observing, knowledge of Ramadan is key for Rail staff and employers alike. For the fifth consecutive year, Muslims in Rail have created a Ramadan briefing guide which can be found on their website HERE. You can also watch a Ramadan briefing delivered […]