Network Rail takes on 201 apprentices

Students to learn to become skilled maintenance engineering technicians.

Network Rail has taken on 201 apprenticeships across Britain for a three-year programme to become skilled maintenance engineering technicians.



The apprentices will spend a year training alongside the Royal Navy at Europe’s largest engineering training facility at HMS Sultan in Hampshire, where they will learn both the technical skills required to work on the railway as well as attending leadership courses.

They will continue their training for two further years on-the-job at depots across the country, returning to HMS Sultan for additional courses and learning.

The apprentices specialise in track, signalling and telecoms, electrification and plant, property works and mechanical locking.

Steve Featherstone, director of infrastructure maintenance at Network Rail said: "Britain relies on rail so it is vital to invest in our people and our future with apprenticeships."

"We’re training the next generation of specialists with the latest technology to deliver this success in a modern, efficient way – it’s a career that brings great value to Britain."


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Network Rail