Network Rail Consulting, the international consultancy arm of Network Rail, announces today the appointment of one of Britain’s top transport business leaders, Keith Ludeman as a non-executive director.

Susan Cooklin, Network Rail’s chief information officer has won ‘CIO of the Year’ at the UK IT Industry Awards 2012.

Nuneaton North Chord, Britain’s newest freight railway line, has been officially opened by transport minister Rt Hon Simon Burns MP.

The Sleaford avoiding rail line is being renewed by Network Rail to help meet increasing demand for rail travel and freight capacity.

Following feedback, Network Rail is holding another public event to discuss options to close the level crossing at Moor Lane in Bingham. The work is to reduce the risk of misuse and create a safer crossing over the railway.

Plans to build a viaduct connecting Manchester’s Victoria, Oxford Road and Piccadilly stations are due to undergo public consultation from Tuesday 20 November.

Construction work has now begun on a £10m project to upgrade Newton junction. Network Rail, working with contractors Carillion, will carry out engineering work designed to improve the flexibility and efficiency of the junction and enable a smoother flow of rail traffic through Newton.

A collective cheer could be heard today as Network Rail began tearing down the unloved green canopy that has overshadowed the historic frontage of King’s Cross station since the 1970s. Once removed it will reveal, for the first time in 150 years, Lewis Cubitt’s magnificent Grade I listed Victorian station façade and London’s newest public space – King’s Cross Square.