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Welcome to Rail Recruiter. Here, you will discover a new future in rail with The Rail Academy’s industry-led training and the Rail Recruiter job platform’s unrivalled access to career opportunities. From essential qualifications to the latest vacancies, we will equip you with the skills, knowledge and connections to excel in a sector that keeps the nation moving.
Your complete rail recruitment and training solution
Rail Recruiter and The Rail Academy unite to transform how the rail industry connects talent with opportunity. Our orange identity is no accident: like the sunrise, it symbolises optimism, energy and the promise of new beginnings.
For rail professionals, we offer everything from fresh starts to career milestones – all in one place. For employers, we deliver a complete solution for recruitment and training needs. Together, we empower individuals to advance, businesses to thrive, and the entire rail industry to move forward with confidence.
- Top-class rail training and development from The Rail Academy, supported by industry experts who specialise in safety-critical roles and train driver training and assessment.
- View the latest jobs and opportunities added continuously on Rail Recruiter. Search thousands of roles from leading rail organisations, sign up to job alerts, explore company profiles, and access realistic career advice and industry news.
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Rail Recruiter
Rail Recruiter connects you seamlessly with all rail roles and hiring organisations across the industry. Whether you’re browsing open positions, uploading your CV or setting up personalised job alerts - you’ll find everything here to advance your career and stay informed with expert career advice.
The Rail Academy
The Rail Academy delivers leading-edge, online and in-person training and assessment solutions tailored for rail professionals from operations personnel to drivers and supervisors, managers and business leaders. As an Office of Rail and Road (ORR)-registered centre and an Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (OFQUAL)-approved provider of Train Driver End Point Assessments, we offer everything from bespoke training programmes to certification-ready learning - on demand and on your schedule.
Let us help you get into and accelerate your rail career
Through Rail Recruiter, we connect you with the right opportunities across the rail industry – from entry-level to senior roles – making your next move faster and easier.
At the same time, The Rail Academy equips you with the skills and qualifications employers need, with specialist training and assessment for train driving, guarding, depot driving, shunting and a wide range of other safety-critical roles.
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Training & Examinations
We provide non-apprenticeship train driver training and assessment in general knowledge, rules, routes and traction.
Assessments and Training
We are the leading independent provider of rail operations Assessments and Training in the UK.
End Point Assessments
We take individuals through their final assessment who has completed their apprenticeship program of training.
Meet The Team
Cath Bellamy
Chief Executive(The Rail Academy and Rail Recruiter)
Simon Taylor
Sales and Marketing Director(Rail Recruiter)
John Eves
Head of Compliance and Quality Assurance(The Rail Academy)
Paul Meersman
Head of Technology(Rail Recruiter)
Andrew Nicholls
Business Services Manager(The Rail Academy)
Emily Taylor
Business Services Manager(Rail Recruiter)
David McLoughlin
Advisor and NED(Rail Recruiter)
Ian Walters
Advisor and NED(The Rail Academy and Rail Recruiter)
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