Over half of 16-30-year-olds would consider a railway apprenticeship
Almost half of apprentices now working in the railway industry in eastern England have changed their original career paths.
Author: Roger Smith
I have had a life long interest in railways, growing up just a few yards from the complex of sidings at Gloucester docks. My interest continued when I left school and joined the signal department of British Railways.
I am a published author and a proofreader for the Railway Correspondence and Travel Society's monthly magazine, the Railway Observer.
I am also a keen photographer, and have had a number of railway photographs published in monthly magazines and books.
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