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Our engineers will be working around-the-clock this Easter weekend to deliver more than £5m of infrastructure enhancements for Scotland’s railway.

Residents of Oxford have been invited to find out more about upcoming work to improve the movement of trains and passengers through the area.

A key milestone in the improvement plans for Hackney Wick station will be reached this Easter, with the installation of a new subway that will improve access to the station for passengers when the project is complete early next year.

• The Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Celebration of Talented Women in Wales conference took place at the Senedd in Cardiff Bay on Monday 13 March.

• Two female Network Rail assistant asset engineers joined forces with leaders from business, academia and the Welsh Government to encourage girls to think about a career in rail engineering.

Rail passengers travelling between Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and London this Easter are advised to check before they travel as a huge package of improvement work is carried out.

• Over the Easter bank holiday weekend, Network Rail will be delivering more than 200 projects across Britain as part of its Railway Upgrade Plan
• This will provide faster and more frequent services to help relieve over-crowding on Britain's railways
• More than 95 per cent of the railway will be unaffected but passengers are being advised to plan journeys carefully as there will be changes to some services

Network Rail will begin a project to extend platforms at Stevenage station, as part of the Railway Upgrade Plan.

A month before the four-day Easter weekend, passengers are reminded to plan ahead and check before they travel as Network Rail carries out essential railway upgrades across the south east.