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Network Rail has released early analysis of a detailed market research study undertaken to support the development of a visitor’s experience at the Forth Bridge.

The railway between Rose Grove and Colne is to be upgraded to provide a more reliable service for passengers.

Engineers continue to work to rebuild the damaged railway embankment at Whatlington, which has left train services unable to run between Battle and Robertsbridge since early February.

A 17-year-old student from Northampton has scooped the top prize of Network Rail's first Could IT Be You? competition, designed to show girls what working in IT is really about and the career opportunities open to them. Zoe Moore, from Sponne School in Northamptonshire, will have her first year's university fees paid for by the rail infrastructure company. Along with five runners up, she will also get a two-week paid work placement with the Network Rail IT team this summer.

The wettest winter for almost 250 years with the network experiencing severe flooding, landslips and line closures, tested the rail industry’s resilience during a difficult period 12.

Network Rail’s chief executive has today issued a full and unreserved apology on behalf of the company for past failings in managing public safety at level crossings and for its past behaviour towards bereaved families.

An £87m contract to deliver the design and construction of the new Chiltern Railways route between London Marylebone and Oxford and the western section of the East West Rail scheme to Bedford and Milton Keynes has been awarded by Network Rail.