Young Rail Professionals

Young Rail Professionals (YRP) was founded in 2009 to promote, inspire and develop the next generation of railway talent. It was set up and continues to be run by volunteers keen to promote the industry internally to peers and externally to attract people into the sector. YRP brings together people from all aspects of the industry, whether they are involved in engineering, asset management, train operations, strategic planning, maintenance, franchising, regulation, marketing or human relations. How 'young' is young? YRP's aim is to gather all professionals working in the rail industry, from various background, gender and age. There is therefore no age limit to join YRP. We tend to aim our development events to professionals within their first 10 years in the industry. For example, some of our members started their career in another industry (automotive, aerospace etc..) and only recently join the rail industry. How much does it cost? YRP is free to become a member (simply register on our website www.youngrailpro.com) and we do not charge for our professional development events. Some networking events are subsidised through our corporate partners. How do you become a member? Simply register on the website www.youngrailpro.com. Once you have a login you can sign up for upcoming events on our events page www.youngrailpro.com/events. How do you become a committee member? YRP is run by passionate volunteers, based across the country. If you are interested in joining our regional committees, please get in touch with the regional chairs to know the positions currently available, or look at our vacancies page: London & South East (London): [email protected] East Midlands (Derby): david [email protected] West Midlands (Birmingham): [email protected] Western (Swindon, Bristol): [email protected] North West (Manchester, Liverpool): [email protected] North East (York): [email protected] Scotland (Glasgow): [email protected] Each region has its own committee that meets monthly to plan events within the region. The regional chairs also sit on the YRP Executive Committee. How do you become a corporate member? YRP offers a wide range of Corporate Membership package, to be accessible to multinational companies as well as SMEs. Please get in touch with Carl Soutra, National External Relations manager, for more details: ([email protected]). Corporate Members are organisations and companies that work in the industry. With the strong support of our Corporate Members we are able to promote, inspire and develop the careers of our Young Rail Professional members.