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Wales Office Minister Alun Cairns visited two stations in Cardiff to see how Access for All projects would improve accessibility for passengers.

Hundreds of thousands of passengers and freight users are set to benefit from the biggest Christmas and New Year investment programme ever carried out on Britain’s rail network.

The A417 bridge over the railway at Challow has reopened to the public today, Friday 5 December, after work to prepare it for electrification was completed on time.

Passengers are set to benefit from a better travelling experience after Network Rail announced today that work will soon begin to increase accessibility at Chippenham station by installing a new footbridge and lifts.

A railway bridge in Cardiff is to be rebuilt as part of Network Rail’s work to provide a modern, bigger and better railway for South Wales.

Local residents are invited to find out more about the electrification of the railway through Bath city centre by attending the third in a series of monthly drop-in events.

Network Rail has today welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement on a funding package for electrification in South Wales.

Network Rail is seeking applications from graduates in the South West for its graduate and work placement schemes. In its drive to invest in the talent of the future, the company has increased the number of available places on its graduate scheme by 45% this year.