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A 17 year old girl from The Duston School, near Northampton, has scooped a runners’ up prize in a national competition run by Network Rail, which aims to raise awareness amongst young women of the exciting breadth of career options in technology and redress the male/female balance in the sector.

Network Rail has launched a consultation to give members of the public the opportunity to comment on plans to construct a second track between Ely and Soham.

A new footbridge has been opened over the railway near Balcombe in Sussex, marking a notable success for Network Rail's level crossing safety programme.

Passengers are being advised to plan their journeys and consider if they can travel either earlier or later from London Bridge station during tonight's rush hour after a wagon from an engineering train broke down outside the station.

Network Rail / South West Trains Alliance is about to begin a programme of track renewals in the Poole area, as part of its continued investment in improving the railway.

Kingsferry Bridge, which links the railway of the Isle of Sheppey to the Kentish mainland, will return to normal operation by next weekend (February 21).

Following productive meetings with tenants in Brixton, Network Rail has agreed to work with businesses to make sure they have the opportunity to return after refurbishment work to the railway arches in Brixton.