Network Rail is close to completing work on a £48m project to replace the Loughor Viaduct near Swansea and redouble a 5.25-mile stretch of line running through Gowerton.

Network Rail has today submitted plans for a new fully accessible footbridge to replace Bayles and Wylies level crossing in Bestwood, Nottingham.

The crossing has been temporarily closed for six months while the plans are developed.

Around 240 places on the 2013 Network Rail advanced apprenticeship scheme are up for grabs, and as National Apprenticeship Week begins, chief executive David Higgins wants parents, educators and young people alike to realise the future career opportunities that an apprenticeship can bring, including a university education at work.

Rail passengers in Leeds might need to do a double-take on Sunday 17 March as Network Rail teams and emergency services run a live emergency exercise.

Punctuality on the railways reached 91.0% during Period 12, according to monthly performance data released today by Network Rail.

Network Rail has awarded a major contract, with a value of approximately £130m, to Balfour Beatty Rail for the construction of a two-mile section of the Crossrail route from Plumstead to Abbey Wood in southeast London.