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Lesley Griffiths MS joined Transport for Wales (TfW) and Network Rail today (26 January) at a ceremony in North Wales to celebrate the launch of a brand-new £800m fleet of trains. 

Network Rail has donated a number of safety helmets to Platform, a rail education organisation, for use in their school railway safety workshops.

Network Rail has welcomed funding announced today (19 January) by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities for two new transformational rail schemes in the south west. 

Network Rail has welcomed funding announced today (19 January) by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) for a new Cardiff Crossrail. 

Network Rail has kicked off construction of a new bridge and lifts at Theale station which will provide passengers with a fully accessible station.

Network Rail has announced AmcoGiffen, Octavius, BAM Nuttall, Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, and Taylor Woodrow will be among their trusted suppliers involved in delivering Wales and Western region’s £2bn programme of works over the next eight years. 

Nick Millington, Network Rail’s Wales and Borders interim route director has been awarded an MBE in the King’s New Year’s Honours List.

Network Rail is reminding passengers of severe disruption to train services next week as the rail industry gears up for five consecutive days of strikes by the RMT and ASLEF trade unions, starting on Tuesday 3 January 2023