Dexter Brown, a shift station manager for Network Rail at King’s Cross, appears in a new documentary series which goes behind the scenes of the rail industry.

The final stage of work to clear vegetation near the railway between Penryn and Falmouth is set to take place later this month, completing a six-month period of work to make the railway safer and more efficient.

Platform 2 at Abergele and Pensarn station reopened on Sunday 12 March following the completion of enhancement works as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan.

Network Rail is inviting users of Vauxhall station to find out more about upcoming station upgrade work which will reduce congestion during peak periods and make it easier for passengers to board and alight trains.

Race-goers heading to the Cheltenham Festival can avoid long faces by planning their journey and allowing plenty of time to catch their trains from Birmingham New Street.

Rail passengers in the Sutton to Wimbledon and Mitcham corridor can look forward to better, more reliable journeys as a £45m railway upgrade gets under way.

Jamie Morgan, a mobile operations manager for Network Rail, will appear in a new documentary which goes behind the scenes of the rail industry.

Network Rail has kicked off its campaign to increase the number of females employed on Britain’s railways with an event at Ash Manor School in Surrey, which is designed to show teenage girls the enormous breadth of careers available in engineering and the wider railway industry.

• Network Rail sets target of increasing female workforce to 20 percent by 2020
• New engagement programme, ‘People Like Me’, launched to inspire young women to pursue careers in engineering