• Work on £47m scheme to remove major bottleneck completed to help reduce delays and increase future capacity
• Driver training programme has begun ahead of December 2013 timetable change, when more passengers will start feeling benefits of investment

Network Rail this week launched a new safety education campaign - ‘Live Wire’ - to increase awareness among schoolchildren about railway electricity and how to stay safe around the railway.

The initiative coincides with the electrification of a number of key routes across the north west of England between now and 2016. The first electrified line will be switched on in August 2013.

Mountain bikers using the trails through Cannock Chase can look forward to safer journeys with the opening of a new bridge over the railway line that runs through the forest.

Network Rail today revealed details of a series of projects, worth nearly £40m, aimed at improving the reliability of the infrastructure and punctuality of train services on Britain’s busiest mixed-use railway line.

Work has started to provide passengers at Brentwood with step-free access between the station entrance and the platforms, making the railway more accessible for everyone.

With just a month to go before the biggest change to the railway in Nottingham for more than 40 years begins, passengers are being advised to find out more about how their journeys will be affected.

Construction workers rebuilding Birmingham New Street station are being shown how to live a healthier lifestyle. Network Rail and delivery partner Mace have been working together to raise awareness of the health and well being of the workforce on what is one of the largest construction projects in the West Midlands.