Network Rail

7.7 /10
91 reviews
91 reviews
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Network Rail Reviews

Year in Industry Student at Network Rail
  • Network Rail
  • Placement Year (10 Months+)
9.1
Very nuturing enviroment. You dont have to be the smartest person, just the most enthusiastic and willing to learn to be good at this job. Everything is taught while being on the job and you grow within the team. Theres many oppotunities to venture to oth...
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year in industry student at Network Rail
  • Network Rail
  • Placement Year (10 Months+)
5.6
I have been enjoying my work placement at Network Rail quite a bit at times since the staff I have had exposure with have been nothing but pleasant for the most part and have light hearted humour. My manager and I also have a good work relationship wi...
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Year in Industry Student- RAM (Rail Asset Management). at Network Rail
  • Network Rail
  • Placement Year (10 Months+)
8.2
Good balance of on-site work and work in office, I enjoyed the aspect of learning on the job. When I first joined the company everyone was very friendly and welcoming. The placement always ranged with different activities and a range of courses were avail...
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IT Placement at Network Rail
  • Network Rail
  • Placement Year (10 Months+)
8.3
I thoroughly enjoyed my placement year. The placement year enabled me to take what I had learned in my first two years at university and put into practice in an enterprise. Every day during my placement I was learning new skills and improving on my curren...
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Data analyst at Network Rail
  • Network Rail
  • Placement Year (10 Months+)
8.0
I thoroughly enjoyed my placement year at network rail. More than I thought I would!
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Finance Year In Industry at Network Rail
  • Network Rail
  • Placement Year (10 Months+)
8.2
I thoroughly enjoyed my placement and working at Network Rail. I've enjoyed it enough to return as a graduate!
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Year in Industry Student at Network Rail
  • Network Rail
  • Placement Year (10 Months+)
8.0
I very much enjoyed my time at Network Rail. Even as a student, I was entrusted with many responsibilities and I was able to take a lot of good experiences and learning from these responsibilities which is what every placement student hopes for.
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Year In Industry Asset Engineer at Network Rail
  • Network Rail
  • Placement Year (10 Months+)
6.5
The placement proved useful as an insight into what it is like working for a large corporation, however due to the size of Network Rail, my opportunity to participate in a wide variety of projects was rather limited. Network Rail as the 'client managers' ...
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Mechanical Engineer - Year in Industry at Network Rail
  • Network Rail
  • Placement Year (10 Months+)
9.0
I was given the opportunity to get involved with multimillion pound projects from day 1, to truly make a difference. Every team I worked with treated me as one of them, and I never felt like just a student.
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Business Analyst at Network Rail
  • Network Rail
  • Placement Year (10 Months+)
6.3
Overall I have enjoyed my placement at Network Rail. There is a great balance between challenges within my role as well as many opportunities outside my role to get involved in. At times, like any jobs, there are peaks and troughs with the work, but there...
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Industrial Placement Engineer at Network Rail
  • Network Rail
  • Placement Year (10 Months+)
5.6
On the whole it was a beneficial experience. I hadn't worked full time before I took this role and I learned what it's like to work with a large diverse team on a daily basis. I learned that the business has a wide range of functions which all impact each...
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Signalling Engineer at Network Rail
  • Network Rail
  • Placement Year (10 Months+)
7.5
At the beginning of my placement, I absolutely hated it as I felt it hard to fit into the office lifestyle. What didn't help was the lack of face to face interaction with my host manager. It took 5 months to get my first face to face with him but as soon ...
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IT & Business Services Placement at Network Rail
  • Network Rail
  • Placement Year (10 Months+)
8.5
I have thoroughly enjoyed my placement year, not only have I been involved in challenging projects across the organisation, but been given the opportunity to explore areas outside of my day job such as visiting our fleets to gain further knowledge of the ...
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Business Support Placement at Network Rail
  • Network Rail
  • Placement Year (10 Months+)
2.6
Bloody boring and learnt nothing apart from how to work like a robot. EVERYDAY routines: copy and paste ballest data to an excel file from each depots then send out to different stakeholders, identify the ballest delivery patterns and manage the ballest o...
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Summer Intern Finance at Network Rail at Network Rail
  • Network Rail
  • Internship (1-4 Months)
6.5
The internship was enjoyable and gave a good insight into what working in finance is like. I had two 5 week placements in two different finance teams. Also site visits were organised so we could see more of what the business does and we had talks with oth...
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Summer Intern Finance at Network Rail
  • Network Rail
  • Internship (1-4 Months)
7.9
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Engineering Intern at Network Rail
  • Network Rail
  • Internship (1-4 Months)
7.3
I have enjoyed my placement to a great extent. They has been a lot on offer for me, ranging from making visits up and down the country to attending industry events. Everyone I have emailed met my requests and were very helpful as they would usually atta...
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Year in Industry Student at Network Rail
  • Network Rail
  • Placement Year (10 Months+)
5.0
On the whole it was a beneficial experience. I hadn't worked full time before I took this role and I learned what it's like to work with a large diverse team on a daily basis. I learned that the business has a wide range of functions which all impact each...
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Summer Placement Students at Network Rail
  • Network Rail
  • Internship (1-4 Months)
8.4
It was a very enjoyable time spent. There was lots of work to get on with that was suitable to my knowledge base. The team dynamic meant that boring days where jobs were menial and repetitive were still good days to work. It was also enjoyable because I w...
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Industrial Placement Engineer at Network Rail
  • Network Rail
  • Placement Year (10 Months+)
7.9
I enjoyed my work placement very much, as there was always a wide variety of things to do every day.
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