Training

Greater Anglia is offering university students the chance to gain skills and experience for a year through its industrial placement scheme. The company, which runs trains from London Liverpool Street to destinations across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, is...

Employing 22 more female train drivers during 2022/23 has helped to further reduce the gender pay gap at Transport for Wales (Rail). The median gender pay gaps for TfW Rail and TfW Group stand at 16.2% and 14.1% respectively, a...

Northern’s training academies in Leeds and Manchester are key to addressing the national skills shortage facing the rail industry according to a new report by OFSTED. The regulator made the statement following an inspection of both facilities in which the...

Northern is looking to recruit more than 300 drivers and conductors across the North of England this year. The train operator says the roles are part of a normal, on-going process to recruit as and when existing staff members retire,...

ScotRail is showing its support for Scottish Apprenticeship Week by announcing more apprenticeship opportunities for young people in Scotland and championing the achievements of those already on an early careers’ pathway within the train operator. New apprenticeships will be created...

Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands, has officially opened a new region-wide rail training academy designed to support hundreds of new training and employment opportunities for local people in the sector. The Transport, Rail and Infrastructure Academy (TRIA), which...

Ahead of National Apprenticeship Week (5-11 February), Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) has revealed a sharp increase in the number of females starting an apprenticeship. GTR welcomed a total of 176 new starters in 2023, with 60 of these coming...

Learning and development is a critical part of life in any industry. All new employees need training, not just to do their jobs but on the safety aspects of what they will be required to do. Then there is...

Smital Dhake of Alstom has been awarded Apprentice or Newcomer of the Year at the 2023 RailStaff Awards. Since joining the rail industry in July 2022, Smital has made an enormous impact, quickly establishing collaborative relationships, achieving IRSE competence, and...

HS2 Ltd has handed over the keys to the new Euston Skills Centre to Camden Council. Situated in the construction accommodation building on the site of the old Maria Fidelis School. The new facility will support HS2’s strategic legacy...