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Passengers and the community of Port Talbot have been thanked for their patience after Network Rail completed its work to install a new bridge over two weekends.

Royal Wootton Bassett residents are invited to attend a drop-in event to find out more about updated plans to prepare three bridges for the arrival of a new fleet of electric trains.

Newport primary school children got the chance to be engineers for a day as they learned how to construct a bridge and even got the chance to walk across the structure they had built.

The critical role played by the railway during World War One features in a new exhibition at Swansea station.

Network Rail is inviting residents to find out more about the final phase of a project which will help provide faster and more frequent journeys for passengers between north and south Wales.

Network Rail’s transformation of Port Talbot Parkway station continues this weekend as the installation of a new bridge begins.

Wales Office Minister Alun Cairns visited Cardiff Central station to see first-hand how a new entrance allows even more passengers to use the busiest station in Wales.

Network Rail’s ‘orange army’ was celebrating last night after their work to redevelop and significantly improve the Reading station area was awarded ‘project of the year’ at the National Rail Awards.