Four suppliers have been appointed by Network Rail to deliver a £2bn programme to electrify more than two thousand miles of Britain’s railway over the next seven years, providing faster, quieter, greener and more reliable journeys for passengers and freight users and cutting the cost of the railway.

A further landslip on the railway between Battle and Robertsbridge means the railway will be closing for urgent repair work – starting after tomorrow morning’s rush-hour.

Network Rail is looking for apprentices to join the company and help deliver a multi-billion pound programme of work to renew and maintain one of the most intensely used networks in the world.

Today (Monday 3 February) Secretary of State for Transport, Rt. Hon. Patrick McLoughlin MP visited Leeds to mark the start of work on Metro and Network Rail's £17.3m project to create a new entrance to the south of Leeds Station.

Places are now available for young people across Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire for Network Rail’s successful three-year apprenticeship scheme. The company is seeking 15 new recruits at its maintenance depots in Norwich, Ipswich, Romford, Ely and Wanstead to help deliver the billions of pounds being invested in the coming years to provide a bigger, better, more efficient and more reliable railway.

Can you help Network Rail deliver billions of pounds of investment in Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, North West and Central London?

A new platform has been opened at Gatwick Airport’s railway station, providing a better service for passengers going to the airport and unblocking a bottleneck on the Brighton main line.

Network Rail is looking for young people from Yorkshire to apply for its award winning apprenticeship scheme. The company is seeking 15 new recruits at its maintenance depots in Leeds, Doncaster and York to help deliver the billions of pounds being invested in the coming years to provide a bigger, better, more efficient and more reliable railway.