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Connected: The Network Rail Virtual Work Experience
Ready to discover how thousands of people — and miles of track — come together? This is your chance to go behind the scenes at Network Rail — from our North West & Central control rooms to the tracks, from engineering to corporate functions.
This virtual work experience gives you a hands-on look at how we maintain thousands of miles of rail, manage stations and routes, solve real-world challenges, and run one of the most complex transport networks in the world.
You'll take part in interactive activities, explore a wide range of roles, and find out how your skills could help shape the future of rail.
What is Virtual Work Experience?
Interactive online learning
Practical skills development
Flexible and accessible
A simple sign-up process
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Sign-up
Quick and free registration
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Start learning
Access expert-led modules
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Get certified
Gain a completion certificate
Network Rail have written their own story, learn how you can play a unique part in it.
We are Network Rail
We own, operate, maintain and develop the railway infrastructure in England, Scotland and Wales.
That’s 20,000 miles of track, 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts and the thousands of signals, level crossings and stations. We manage 20 of the country’s largest stations. The rest – over 2,500 – are run by the train operating companies.
Our Purpose and Role
Our purpose is to connect people and goods with where they need to be. We support our country’s economic prosperity and contribute to the objectives of the UK and Scottish Governments.
Our role is to run a safe, reliable and efficient rail network and our vision is to deliver a simpler, better, greener railway for our customers and communities.
Our Purpose and Role
Our purpose is to connect people and goods with where they need to be. We support our country’s economic prosperity and contribute to the objectives of the UK and Scottish Governments.
Our role is to run a safe, reliable and efficient rail network and our vision is to deliver a simpler, better, greener railway for our customers and communities.
How We are Organised
As a public sector arm’s length body of the Department for Transport, we retain the commercial and operational freedom to manage Britain’s railway infrastructure in England, Wales and Scotland within regulatory and control frameworks.
Our business is split into five geographical regions, with those regions sub-divided into routes. These regions and routes are devolved businesses. This allows us to make many decisions locally, closer to our customers and the communities we serve.
