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Apprenticeships provide a fantastic opportunity for anyone who wants to learn new skills and is prepared to work hard and get ahead. This is the message during National Apprenticeship Week from Jay Williams who completed his Network Rail apprenticeship in 2011.

School children made history on Friday 11 March when they buried a time capsule at the newly transformed Port Talbot Parkway station.

Chipping Sodbury residents are invited to attend a drop-in event to find out more about work that will be taking place to prepare Dodington Road bridge for the arrival of a new fleet of electric trains.

Cowbridge Road Railway Bridge in Bridgend is being refurbished as part of Network Rail’s £40bn Railway Upgrade Plan to provide a bigger, better, more reliable railway for passengers.

Passengers travelling to and from Pewsey station will have an improved travelling experience after a new footbridge was installed by Network Rail and officially opened last Friday, 4 March, by Rail Minister and Devizes MP, Claire Perry.

New video footage has been released capturing a crucial element of the Network Rail project to electrify the South Wales Mainline which will provide faster, greener and more reliable journeys for passengers.

Network Rail and Great Western Railway (GWR) have today, Friday 4 March, signed a formal alliance with the aim of delivering a better travelling experience for passengers by working more closely together.

Residents in Royal Wootton Bassett are reminded that Marlborough Road/Broad Town bridge will be temporarily closed from Sunday 6 March to enable Network Rail to carry out work in preparation for the arrival of a new fleet of electric trains.