Find out more about the Network Rail apprenticeship scheme with three current apprentices on Western route - Jospeh Clewer, Stephen Geer and Joseph Dijo.

A Bolton-born woman who is leading the revamp of her home station is being celebrated as part of International Women’s Day.

Interested in a career on the railway? We’re recruiting our next batch of future rail leaders through the Network Rail apprenticeship scheme. Applications are now open for a September 2019 start and will close when all places have been filled – so head over to our website today to make sure you don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity!

Passengers are being advised of changes to train services over the next two weekends as work continues to replace a railway bridge in Warrington.

Six access points on the West Coast main line between Lancaster and Carlisle are being upgraded to improve maintenance and railway repairs.

Passengers at London Waterloo station, which handles almost 100 million journeys each year, are now benefitting from more up to date, real time travel advice as station staff have been issued with mobile technology to help them better guide people on their journeys.

• To encourage investment from the private sector and other organisations, Network Rail has implemented new initiatives to make it easier and more commercially attractive
• Sweeping reforms investors and builders will benefit from include; new service level commitments, customer satisfaction surveys, clarity about the risks involved, and revised standards to reduce both complexity and cost, and to encourage innovation
• Other changes include publishing a list of opportunities for third parties to invest in, recruiting business development teams, allowing other organisations to compete for work Network Rail would traditionally deliver, and implementing a national framework providing consistency for teams working by the railway