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Passengers who travel across East London, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk are set to benefit from major rail upgrades as Network Rail carries out a package of upgrades over Easter.

Cheltenham Festival-goers travelling by train from Birmingham New Street are being given top tips to help them get off to a winning start.

• More than £100m to be invested in Britain’s rail network this Easter
• Railway open for ‘business as usual’ as majority of the network is unaffected by upgrade work with the quietest engineering programme for many years

Network Rail is inviting residents in Market Harborough to a public drop-in event as work to improve the railway in the town progresses.

Network Rail has announced that the new £1.2m Arkleston footbridge In Paisley is now open.

Find out more about the Network Rail apprenticeship scheme with three current apprentices on Western route - Jospeh Clewer, Stephen Geer and Joseph Dijo.

A Bolton-born woman who is leading the revamp of her home station is being celebrated as part of International Women’s Day.

Interested in a career on the railway? We’re recruiting our next batch of future rail leaders through the Network Rail apprenticeship scheme. Applications are now open for a September 2019 start and will close when all places have been filled – so head over to our website today to make sure you don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity!