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Network Rail invites passengers to learn more about Vauxhall station improvements
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.
Rail reliability boost for passengers in Wimbledon, Sutton and Mitcham as £45m railway upgrade gets under way
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.
Network Rail works with Surrey school to increase take-up of female employees
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
Network Rail renews important sections of track at Waterloo to improve reliability
Network Rail has completed an important weekend of improvements at Waterloo this weekend (4/5 March) replacing vital sections of track to make the railway more resilient and more reliable as part of the enormous £800 million Waterloo & South West Upgrade.
Network Rail and Stagecoach lead the way on International Women’s Day with female route leaders
- Only route in the UK headed up by two female managing directors
- Becky Lumlock of Network Rail and Margaret Kay of South West Trains lead track and train on one of country’s busiest networks
Hi-tech warning signs at South London railway bridge reduce bridge strikes by a third and cut delays to trains
The number of lorries hitting the notorious Thurlow Park Bridge over the A205 South Circular Road in Tulse Hill, London, has fallen by more than a third since new smart warning signs were introduced last summer, reducing delays to rail passengers and motorists.
Apprentices from Network Rail's Thameslink Programme inspire young people to consider an apprenticeship on the railway
A team of apprentices, work experience students and engineers from Network Rail’s Thameslink Programme are celebrating National Apprenticeship Week 2017 by visiting schools local to London Bridge station to inspire young people to consider an apprenticeship on the railway.
Network Rail gets behind Willingdon community with £10,000 funding
Willingdon Trees residents are being encouraged to take part in a public vote to decide how up to £10,000 of community funding from Network Rail will be spent. Three community projects are competing for the funding as part of a Network Rail pilot project to work more closely with local communities and railway neighbours.
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