Network Rail is looking for young people from the north east to apply for its award winning apprenticeship scheme. The company is seeking 5 new recruits at its maintenance depots in Newcastle and Darlington to help deliver the billions of pounds being invested in the coming years to provide a bigger, better, more efficient and more reliable railway.

Network Rail is on the hunt for more than 220 apprentices to join its ranks and help deliver a multi-billion pound programme of work to renew and maintain one of the most intensely used networks in Europe while boosting capacity and improving performance.

Sunderland football fans’ route to Wembley is easier after rail engineering works were re-planned and extra trains provided for the club’s appearance in the Capital One Cup final.

Two proposed closures of the West Coast main line at Watford have been withdrawn after a detailed review of the work meant they were no longer necessary.

Residents, visitors and businesses in Lincoln are set to benefit after Network Rail was granted permission to build a new bridge over High Street level crossing. The plans, which involve re-modelling the property at 179 High Street, will allow pedestrians and cyclists free-flowing access along the street 24-hours-a-day.

It follows permission granted last year for a free-standing structure on Brayford Wharf East.

Network Rail and its partners have announced plans to build a three-deck car park at Haywards Heath station, in addition to a regeneration scheme unveiled last year.

Work is to start to rebuild a second bridge in Ashton-under-Lyne as part of a £400m electrification project which will deliver a better railway across the north of England.

The public are being invited to give their views on new artist’s impressions of The Forth Bridge Experience, released today by Network Rail.