Where is Rail industry talent movement taking place?
Nearly 1,200 project and engineering professionals in Europe have moved roles across the Rail industry in the last 90 days!
We give you a breakdown of where, who and the projects that could be driving this movement.
The top countries for hiring into the Rail industry in the last 3 months
- UK
- France
- Italy
- Germany
- Spain
The large players hiring recently (5,000+ employees)
- Network Rail - Owners and operators of the railway infrastructure in England, Wales & Scotland
Key current Projects include
- Edinburgh - Glasgow improvement programme (EGIP)
- Crossrail - Elizabeth line introduction allowing 1.5million more people to get to Central London within 45 minutes
https://www.networkrail.co.uk/our-railway-upgrade-plan/key-projects/crossrail/SNCF
- Great North Rail Project - designed to stimulate economic growth in the North of England by improving connections between towns and cities
- RATP - Originally responsible for Paris public transport systems RATP now has operations in 14 other countries
Key current Projects include
- Gest - Development of Florence city tramway network
https://www.ratp.fr/en/groupe-ratp/metrotrains/la-ferroviara-italiana-and-gest
- RER A - upgrade for Europes busiest train line based in Paris
https://www.ratpdev.com/en/references/france-paris-region-train
3. Bombardier - One of the worlds largest rail vehicle & equipment manufacturers
Key current projects include
- AGC Regional Train - French regional trains which include first Hybrid model
https://www.bombardier.com/content/bombardiercom/en/transportation/projects/project.agc-france.html?
- AVE S-130 - development of upgraded high speed stock in Spain
The companies who’ve been aggressively hiring that have less than 5,000 employees
- Hitachi Rail Europe - total railway system supplier offering rolling stock, traction equipment, signalling, traffic management systems and maintenance centres.
Key current projects include
- Class 385 - 70 new trains for ScotRail franchise
http://www.hitachirail-eu.com/products/projects/class-385-scotland
- AT300 - delivering 29 new trains for the West of England
http://www.hitachirail-eu.com/products/projects/at300-west-england
- HS2 - development of UK high speed network to connect North & South faster, civics design work commenced last year, civil construction work will commence in early 2019
- Bane Nor - Responsible for the Norway national railway infrastructure
Key current projects include
- The follo line project - largest transport project in Norway which includes countries longest railway tunnel (20km)
https://www.banenor.no/en/startpage1/Projects/New-double-track-Oslo-Ski/
- Vestfold Line - reduction of travel times and increased capacity on lines connecting city and towns
https://www.banenor.no/en/startpage1/Projects/modernization-of-the-vestfold-line/
- Ansaldo - Italian subsidiary of Hitachi Group specialising in railway signalling
Key current projects include
- U2 / U5 - development of underground network in Austria
https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/u2-u5-line-intersection-vienna/
- Naples-Afragola High Speed station - new high speed train station to connect to Rome\
https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/naples-afragola-high-speed-train-station-naples/
- Talgo - Spanish manufacturer of High speed trains
Key current projects include
- Series 7 - conversion of 13 trains into high speed units.
- Talgo Avril - Renfe orders 15 of this high stock model