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The rail industry is seeking 50 more graduates to join its unique 18-month paid work placement scheme, Track & Train. Graduates are employed for three, six-month placements: one at Network Rail and two at either a passenger or freight operator or another company within the rail sector to gain a broad range of experience.

Network Rail will begin work in the summer on a long-awaited project to strengthen and repair a bridge near Castle Cary railway station, meaning the bridge won’t need any further major work for another 50 years.

The rail industry is seeking 50 more graduates to join its unique 18-month paid work placement scheme, Track & Train. Graduates are employed for three, six-month placements: one at Network Rail and two at either a passenger or freight operator or another company within the rail sector to gain a broad range of experience.

Network Rail has started work to construct a new public footpath at Robinswood in Gloucester – including a raised walkway over an active badger sett.

Leading international design consultants, Aedas, have been appointed to develop a number of options for the proposed redevelopment of Oxford station.

• Delay minutes down 41% on Network Rail’s Wales route
• Number of cable theft incidents affecting rail services down 45%
• Network Rail and BTP will continue to work to reduce incidents further

• Delay minutes down 22% on Network Rail’s Western route
• Number of cable theft incidents affecting rail services down 72%
• Network Rail and BTP will continue to work to reduce incidents further

The search is on in the Westcountry to find the best photography of the British landscape and that of the rail network.