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A new footbridge which will replace a high-risk footpath level crossing in Sussex has opened to the public.

Network Rail Wales/Cymru today welcomes its new intake of 12 apprentices. Ten of the apprentices are from the south Wales valleys and have been recruited following a targeted campaign to attract more people from across the M4 corridor, including the valleys - in readiness for the electrification of the railways in the area.

Passengers are being advised of significant changes to train services in and out of London Bridge in August 2014 which will affect First Capital Connect, Southern and some Southeastern services.

Passengers in Dartford are benefiting from a £7m investment in the town’s railway station.

Network Rail refreshed the data available on its transparency portal today www.networkrail.co.uk/transparency

Network Rail and British Transport Police have appealed for help in tracking down cable thieves after passengers in the West Midlands again suffered disruption to rail services this morning owing to cable theft.

For the first time, all winners and commended entries from the Landscape Photographer of the Year Award’s special railway category will be displayed in a new exhibition at the National Railway Museum (NRM) in York, this November.

The world's most recognised railway bridge, the Forth Bridge, will become publicly accessible for the first time by 2015 under plans revealed by Network Rail today.