Rail upgrades create 300 jobs

More than 300 jobs are to be created as part of work to upgrade Scotland’s railways.

Network Rail is to recruit 200 new staff as part of infrastructure improvements while Scotrail announced it is advertising more than 100 new jobs as it prepares for the introduction of new trains and extra services.

Described as one of the biggest recruitment drives in its history, the Network Rail jobs will be based across Scotland, with posts including administrative, logistics and planning jobs, technician and team leader roles as well as construction and project management posts and rail operative jobs.

Scotrail plans to take on drivers, conductors and ticket examiners across the country, with recruitment expected to be complete in the new year.

Network Rail said Scotland’s railway is undergoing a period of enhancement “unmatched since the Victorian era”.