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UK licensed sponsor · Ashford · Transport and logistics
Hitachi Rail Limited
Hitachi Rail Limited, Ashford, holds a Home Office sponsor licence for Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker. It is on the current register and has been since at least 4 September 2026. Companies House lists it as Hitachi Rail Limited (05598549), active, incorporated in 2005 (21 years ago), registered for passenger rail transport, interurban.
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Companies House
Who Hitachi Rail Limited actually is
- Company number
- 05598549
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 October 2005 · 21 years old
- What they do
49100Passenger rail transport, interurban
- Sector
- Transport and logistics
- Previously
- Hitachi Rail Europe Limited (until 2019)
Hitachi Rail Maintenance (UK) Limited (until 2009)
Dwsco 2639 Limited (until 2005) - Registered office
- 7th Floor, One New Ludgate, 60 Ludgate Hill, London, EC4M 7AW
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The registered office is where the company files its paperwork, not necessarily where it trades. Matched 15 September 2026.
What a licence means
The slow part is done
Getting a licence takes an application, checks and a fee, and most employers never bother. Hitachi Rail Limited has, which means when a role qualifies the certificate can be assigned without months of preparation.
How to approach them
Ask the question early
Sponsorship is a yes or no per role. Ask in the first message whether the vacancy qualifies for a Certificate of Sponsorship; it saves everyone a wasted interview and marks you as someone who knows the system.
The register
Hitachi Rail Limited is licensed to sponsor on Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker and Skilled Worker. Its entry on the register dates back to at least 2026, and the organisation is based in Ashford. The register records its rating as Worker (A rating).
Hitachi Rail Limited is the registered name (Companies House number 05598549), a private limited company on the register since 2005. Registered office: 7th Floor, One New Ludgate, 60 Ludgate Hill, London, EC4M 7AW, EC4M 7AW. Its filed activity puts it in transport and logistics. It has traded under other names before, including Hitachi Rail Europe Limited, Hitachi Rail Maintenance (UK) Limited.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For Hitachi Rail Limited the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.
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For candidates
What you need to work here
- A confirmed job offer from a UK employer that holds a Home Office sponsor licence. The employers in this directory all hold one.
- A Certificate of Sponsorship from that employer describing the role.
- A job on the Home Office list of eligible occupations, paid at least the minimum salary for that role and route.
Register with Sama
Want to work for Hitachi Rail Limited, or somewhere like it?
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For employers
Using your sponsor licence again soon?
Next time you are recruiting, talk to us first. We supply trade tested drivers, mechanics, welders and fitters, can organise a trip to see candidates tested at our centres, and handle the Certificate of Sponsorship paperwork with you.
- No retainer. Nothing to sign until you have met people.
- Trade tested before you see them, not after.
- Nothing is ever charged to the candidate.
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Source: UK Visas and Immigration, Register of licensed sponsors: workers. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Being on the register means an organisation holds a sponsor licence. It does not mean it has a vacancy or that it will sponsor you.
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