Training & Recruitment

Two of Greater Anglia’s female train depot supervisors are urging women to consider a career working for the railway on this International Women’s Day. Rynette Crichlow and Blessing Akele have both spent many years at Orient Way depot, between Stratford...

Transport for London (TfL) is marking National Careers Week (6-12 March) by highlighting the range of apprenticeship placements available for those looking for a role in shaping London. Over the years, TfL’s apprenticeship roles have provided thousands of people the...

Engineering services group Segula Technologies has announced two new additions to its team. Catherine Tyndyke has recently joined the company as its UK-based business manager, while Kai Ditchfield has been welcomed as its UK chief engineer for rail. Catherine joins with...

Northern is recruiting a new head of learning, talent and development to lead the charge in all aspects of its recruitment and training programmes. The successful candidate, who will require extensive knowledge of safety critical roles, will be responsible for...

The Transpennine Route Upgrade is investing in talent and developing the next generation of rail leaders in the North of England by employing one apprentice for every £4 million spent on the programme. The multi-billion-pound Transpennine Route Upgrade employs 80%...

Northern, the largest train operator in the North of England, continues to recruit, train and qualify the next generation of railway professionals. In the last six years, more than 2,500 colleagues have graduated from its trainee and apprenticeships schools with...

Southeastern, the rail operator serving Kent, East Sussex and South-East London, is celebrating having 400 apprentices currently in training, this National Apprenticeship Week (6 – 10 February 2023), with plans to recruit more from across the communities it serves.  With...

Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has opened its Apprentice Training Academy today, the second day of National Apprenticeship Week 2023. Following an investment of £250,000 over the last two years, the new Training Academy was officially opened...

The apprentice team at Great Western Railway is celebrating golden recognition at the start of National Apprenticeship Week, while one of its shining stars has scooped a top accolade. The team, which supervises 240 apprentices across the GWR network, received...

Train operator, Northern is on-course to deliver a fourfold increase in the number of apprentices graduating from its training academies in Leeds and Manchester. With almost 100 ‘passing out’ of the training scheme in the last 12 months and another...