There are many reasons why our employees come to join us – some of which you’ll find on this site. But for many, it’s the huge variety and scale of our projects. Just think: you could help bring them to life...
The Thameslink Programme: one of the biggest rail projects ever in the UK
At £3.55bn of investment, this project is crucial to our growth plans. Due to take an estimated 40 million hours, and completed by the end of 2015, it will support economic growth in the South East, increase train capacity to and through London and reduce overcrowding on the Underground – all before London 2012. Passengers on the Thameslink route will benefit from 50% longer trains and new direct services (e.g. Cambridge to Gatwick). New stations will be built and bottlenecks removed at Blackfriars and London Bridge.
Transforming Birmingham New Street: the £550 million Gateway Project
This is the first phase of funding to redevelop one of the UK’s busiest stations – tackling overcrowding and greatly enhancing passenger experience. Originally designed to handle 650 trains a day, the station now takes over 1,250 every day. The new concourse will be over three times its current size and passengers will have better, modern facilities in a light and spacious station. Links to the city will be improved and the New Street Gateway will create 3,000 new jobs and deliver economic benefits of more than £1.7bn.
Unblocking the Great Western Main Line
As the Great Western Main Line is one of the busiest parts of our railway, modernising it is a hugely important project. We’ll greatly improve capacity and reliability for passengers travelling from as far afield as London, Exeter, Southampton and Edinburgh. The key will be our £600m plans for Reading station – introducing four new 12-car platforms, improving track layouts and installing new signalling. Work will begin in 2009, with the first benefits due in time for London 2012.
MORE PROJECTS…
- £400m redevelopment of King’s Cross station
- £400m on delivery of essential London 2012 infrastructure
- £300m on a new line from Airdrie to Bathgate (Scotland)
- £300m Trent Valley 4 scheme to continue upgrading the railway on the West Coast
- £150m Edinburgh Waverley capacity enhancement
- £24m on the new East Midlands Parkway station
- £15m on new platforms at Manchester Airport station
We need graduates who will play integral roles in each of these projects and many others – whether it’s from an operational, engineering, maintenance or financial perspective. From the smallest to the largest, each is of national importance. And whatever your interest – be it figures or filaments – your input will help ensure our success.