Birmingham and Doncaster have been selected to become the home of the UK’s new National College for High Speed Rail.
The college, which will provide vocational training for high-speed rail engineering, will be split between Birmingham’s city centre Science Park and Doncaster’s Lakeside Campus.
Around 2,000 apprenticeships and 25,ooo jobs will be created throughout the construction of HS2.
Due to open in 2017, the college will be chaired by Crossrail chairman Terry Morgan.
Prime Minister David Cameron said: “The benefits of high-speed rail will not just be seen by those commuting between London and the North, but through the thousands of local jobs and apprenticeships created because of HS2.
“The opening of this National College will also ensure that we have a pool of locally-trained workers with the right skills to draw upon for future projects.”
The Doncaster campus will be located close to DB Schenker, Volker Rail, Hitachi, Wabtec and SPL Powerlines
