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A safety conscious pupil from Leeds who wrote a manifesto to keep people out of danger on railway platforms has seen his hard work rewarded with a mosaic at his local station.

A new campaign urging people to keep their dogs on a lead near level crossings has been launched today by Network Rail in partnership with Dogs Trust, as it revealed there have been more than 180 incidents of near misses* between dog walkers and trains and five fatalities in the past five years.

Heritage terracotta cornices will be replaced at Nottingham station as the finishing touches are made to the station’s £60 million upgrade.

A total of 37 new apprentices have joined railway maintenance teams in the North East, East Midlands and South East to start their on-the-job training after successfully completing their first year of the award-winning Network Rail Advanced Apprenticeship Scheme.

A total of 12 new apprentices have joined railway maintenance teams in the east of England to start their on-the-job training after successfully completing their first year of the award-winning Network Rail Advanced Apprenticeship Scheme.

Female engineers who work to provide a better, more reliable railway for passengers in the east of England have thrown their support behind Women in Engineering Day on Tuesday June 23.

A Network Rail project manager for the new station entrance in Leeds has thrown her support behind the campaign to increase diversity in engineering.

A major project which will pave the way for more passenger services between Corby, Kettering and London has entered its next phase as work in the Kettering area will start this week.