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Network Rail is due to begin work to rebuild the A509 Pytchley Road in Kettering on Monday 9 December as part of a £70m investment to cut journey times on the Midland Main Line between London and Sheffield.

Network Rail is inviting young people from across the Thames Valley area to its delivery unit in Reading this weekend to experience life as a railway apprentice and meet the people and high-tech kit involved in keeping Britain’s rail network running.

Network Rail is inviting young people from across the Oxfordshire and Thames Valley regions to its delivery unit in Didcot to experience life as a railway apprentice and meet the people and high-tech kit involved in keeping Britain’s rail network running.

The construction of a new 2km viaduct in Reading has reached a key milestone after the first pre-cast concrete beams, which will form the base that trains will run on, were lifted into place.

Figures released today show record levels of investment have been made across the south and south west of England as part of the ongoing work to provide a better railway in Britain.

Figures released today show record levels of investment have been made in Kent and Sussex as part of the ongoing work to provide a better railway in Britain.

Network Rail, Southwark Council and the Greater London Authority are working together to bring the area around Peckham Rye station back to life, investing £25m to deliver improvements.

New bridges, new lifts, new overhead power lines, new track, new footbridges; all have featured as record investment of almost £1m a day has been ploughed into the Anglia region’s railway over the past six months.