VIRGIN Trains and the University of York have joined forces to create a workshop to encourage British children into science and engineering.
A pilot of the workshop, which has also been helped by York Children’s University, ran at Virgin Trains’ Talent Academy in York station, and gave young people and their families a a glimpse of the near-future of high speed train travel - with a look at the Virgin's new 140mph Azuma trains which will be introduced on the East Coast from 2018.
"The Need for Speed" workshop also featured hands-on challenges around train design and speed, with classes introducing the science of aerodynamics and levitating trains to the 60 pupils.
Virgin Trains' Jennie Pitt said: "The workshop was such a success that we will take this to a number of schools across our 936-mile route.
"We will work with the schools to encourage children and young people to study STEM [science, technology, engineering and mathematics] subjects and hopefully, one day, look towards the rail industry as a potential career option."
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