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Network Rail is close to completing work on a £48m project to replace the Loughor Viaduct near Swansea and redouble a 5.25-mile stretch of line running through Gowerton.

Network Rail has vowed to keep disruption to passengers to a minimum as it carries out vital improvement work on the Tarka line between Exeter and Barnstaple during March.

Network Rail has started work on the construction of a new car park as part of the £5.1m project to improve Llandudno station.

Network Rail chief executive David Higgins and Wales route managing director Mark Langman are to visit 16 apprentices gaining valuable work experience on the Welsh railways.

Farmers across Wales are being urged to ‘See Track, Think Train’ when they use the 1,200 level crossings across the country.

There are 16 places available on the 2013 Network Rail advanced apprenticeship scheme in Wales, the company announced today.

Network Rail today committed to continuing the biggest investment in Welsh railway infrastructure since the Victorian era. Its plans will reduce costs and deliver more passengers on time than ever before – but the company also warned that tough choices need to be made if the industry is to meet these competing challenges.

• Network Rail sets out biggest investment in infrastructure since the Victorian era

• Almost £1bn investment to continue the modernisation of the entire network in Wales, including electrification of the main line to Swansea and the Valleys network