Metrolink Competitors

Here at Northern, we connect tens of thousands of people in the North of England to work, leisure, education and more every day. Northern Trains Limited (as we're more formally known) is publicly owned, and our parent company is DfTO. We've got headquarters in York, Manchester and Leeds but our network spans over 500 stations and we provide more than 2,600 services each day. Right now, we’re building a new kind of workplace. One where people feel included, where they thrive, and where everyone contributes to a culture that embraces diversity. We’re looking for talented people from all backgrounds to help us create a service for our customers that we can all be proud of. It means that whoever you are, as part of our team, you’ll get to enjoy a career that could really take you places. And with over 7,500 people here at Northern in hundreds of different roles, the number of career paths and development opportunities that are open to you is endless. Are you ready to find your platform?

South Western brings track and train together to connect people and communities across the South and South West of England. We run 1,600 services every day across 200 stations and 1,300 miles of railway, connecting more than half a million commuters, students, business and leisure travellers to the people and places that matter to them. We provide easy and convenient mobility, enabling over 172 million work and leisure journeys across the region. From tourist attractions and heritage destinations to major sporting and cultural events, we help customers get where they need to be every day. Our 7,500 colleagues work across the trains you travel on and the tracks and infrastructure they run on, helping to keep your railway running safely and reliably.

Southeastern runs train services into London from Kent and East Sussex, operating some 1600 trains a day, carrying more than 400,000 passengers each weekday, serving 181 stations and covering 540 miles of track. We operate one of the busiest networks in the country including the UK’s first domestic high speed service with Javelin trains. SE Trains Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of DfT OLR Holdings Limited (known as DFT Operators, or DFTO) the Public Sector Owning Group which also operates LNER, Northern, South Western Railway, c2c, TransPennine and Greater Anglia services.