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A new and improved bridge over the railway on Station Road, Shrivenham, was opened today (Friday 8 April) after Network Rail’s work to construct the bridge as part its Great Western Electrification Programme was completed on time.

The first phase of the reconstruction of Bridge Street Road Bridge in Newport city centre took place at the weekend (2 and 3 April 2016) with a temporary bridge installed as part of the essential upgrade work to prepare the bridge for a brand new fleet of electric trains.

Commuters in Wales and the borders have been reminded to take care at level crossings with a performance from an innovative street theatre group, after new figures reveal there have been 30 ‘near misses’ at level crossings in Wales.

A special train naming ceremony to mark the 50^th anniversary of the Cardiff Panel Signal Box took place at Cardiff Central station on Friday 1 April.

• New permanent bridge over Great Western Main Line in Iver replaces the temporary bridge that has been in place since 2014
• New bridge accommodates overhead cables needed  to introduce greener, quieter, more reliable electric trains
• Click here to download a selection of images of the new bridge

• £30m of work completed as part of preparing the existing railway for the Crossrail programme in outer London, Berkshire and Essex
• Half of Network Rail’s £60m national Easter upgrades invested in delivering improvements for the Crossrail programme
• Click here to download a selection of images of the Easter work

Network Rail is urging residents and businesses to provide their views on plans for a new link connecting the rail network from the west to London Heathrow, ahead of the latest deadline for feedback of Monday 4 April.

Network Rail’s orange army successfully completed the planned upgrade of the railway in the Cardiff area over the Easter weekend and on Tuesday 29 March.