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The rail industry is seeking 50 more graduates to join its unique 18-month paid work placement scheme, Track & Train. Graduates are employed for three, six-month placements: one at Network Rail and two at either a passenger or freight operator or another company within the rail sector to gain a broad range of experience.

Work on the West Coast Main Line will be carried out this summer to increase the speed that trains can travel. Four major rail junctions will also be replaced and enhanced. The work will improve the reliability of the infrastructure and the punctuality of train services on Britain’s busiest mixed-use railway line.

Network Rail has started work to construct a new public footpath at Robinswood in Gloucester – including a raised walkway over an active badger sett.

Anyone interested in walking, caving, potholing, photography, nature - and of course, the railway - now has brand new self catering accommodation in which to base themselves in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales.

The rail industry is seeking 50 more graduates to join its unique 18-month Track & Train work placement scheme.

A selection of original plans and drawings detailing the 150-year history of Birmingham New Street have been published for the first time, as passengers await the opening of the first half of the station’s new concourse in under a week’s time – the first major change to New Street station in over 40 years.

The rail industry is seeking 50 more graduates to join its unique 18-month paid work placement scheme, Track & Train. Graduates are employed for three, six-month placements: one at Network Rail and two at either a passenger or freight operator or another company within the rail sector to gain a broad range of experience.

Longton viaduct on King Street in Stoke-on-Trent will be restored to its former glory as Network Rail completes a full re-paint of the structure this summer.