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Fears of skills being lost as railway industry sheds thousands of jobs


16/04/2025 in People

Network Rail workers on Wales and Western Region. NETWORK RAIL.

Skilled railway jobs are being lost as government investment in the industry is held back, according to NSAR (National Skills Academy for Rail).




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  • Trackrenewal2000 - 18/04/2025 06:34

    The last time this happened ie lack of proper maintenance of infrastructure we ended up with the Hatfield disaster. When will Goverment learn?

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