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Adam Hewitt reports from iRail 2014 in Derby, where students and teachers got a first-hand look at the modern rail industry and the career prospects that could await them.
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chool and college students experienced what a career in the rail industry could
be like at the fifth iRail event at the Derby Roundhouse on 20 March.
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annual event, saw engineering students from Derby College and then younger schoolchildren compete in teams to come up with solutions to railway problems.
The schools also visited Bombardier and
Network Rail’s East Midlands Control Centre to find out more about the industry.
iRail 2014 began with a ‘Business Breakfast’ for about 50 political, business and educational leaders from the local area,