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More than £150m will be invested into the next vital phase of the South Wales re-signalling scheme over the next 24 months. A massive programme of work will start early next year to improve the reliability of the rail infrastructure in the Newport area, while the last phase of constructing the South Wales control centre (in Cardiff) gets underway.

Motorists in the West Country are risking their lives and those of others according to new figures revealed today by Network Rail. An incident of level crossing misuse involving motorists occurs every week, some of these incidents are caused by motorists ignoring warning signs and lights or weaving round barriers at level crossings.

Motorists in Wales are risking their lives and those of others according to new figures revealed today by Network Rail. A near-miss occurs every other week, when motorists dice with death by ignoring warning signs and lights or weaving round barriers at level crossings.