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Network Rail is improving safety for pedestrians in Stroud by installing a new railway footbridge to replace two footpath crossings at Beards Lane and Downfield Road.

Work is well underway to re-home the newts of Norton Bridge as part of a major project to deliver performance improvements on the West Coast Main Line through Staffordshire.

Network Rail refreshed and expanded the data available on its website’s transparency portal today: www.networkrail.co.uk/transparency

Engineers have this week started to remove spoil from the rail line damaged by a spoil heap slip at Hatfield colliery in February. Extensive, careful removal of material from the rest of the spoil heap means that it is now stable enough for engineers to work safely on the spoil which is on the rail bed.

Leeds is one of five of the country’s biggest and busiest railway stations whcih will become art galleries this summer, hosting a special exhibition showcasing stunning images from the Take-a-view Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. Visitors will also have the opportunity to get expert advice from celebrated landscape photographer and founder of the competition, Charlie Waite. Leeds' exhibition will launch on Sunday 16 June

The first major phase of the redevelopment of London Bridge station will begin later this month when three platforms are taken out of use until spring 2014.

School leavers stepping into the world of work are being offered the chance to take up 20 places on a new trainee engineering design scheme, where they will earn as they learn and gain a foundation degree.