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New figures from Network Rail¹ reveal that 15pc report a near miss or accident when using their mobile phone around the transport network.  

Network Rail has announced plans to recruit eleven new apprentices across Yorkshire as part of an expansion to its award-winning Advanced Apprenticeship Scheme.

Network Rail announced that today, Monday 3 October, Jeremy Vincent joined the company as the chief information officer (CIO).

A £48million investment in East Nottinghamshire’s railway continues this weekend as signalling upgrades near completion.

Network Rail has installed a new drainage system on the Settle to Carlisle railway line in rural Cumbria which will ensure that the line is safer and more reliable for passengers for years to come.

• Work will allow line between Bromsgrove and Birmingham to be electrified
• Upgraded signalling will help make services to and from the town more reliable
• To allow the work to be completed the line will be closed for 12 days
• Buses will replace trains serving Bromsgrove station
• Trains between Birmingham, Hereford, south Wales and the South West will be subject to an amended timetable

Chipping Sodbury residents have been invited to attend a drop-in event to find out more about proposals for traffic calming measures at Dodington Road bridge, as part of plans to upgrade the railway.

Network Rail has appealed to students at Brockenhurst College to stay safe when near or using the railway, during a special safety day held at the college today (Thursday, 29 September).