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• Rail leaders launch plan together at Bristol Temple Meads and commit to multi-million renovation of station roof

Green Lane road bridge reopened to motorists yesterday, Wednesday 21 March, as work continues to modernise the railway between London and Cardiff. 

The weekend of 24-25 March marks a milestone in the £50m North Wales railway upgrade project, when a state of the art signalling system between Shotton and Colwyn Bay will come into use for the first time.

This summer will see Great Western Railway (GWR) start to deliver new trains, more seats, and in time more frequent services across the South West.

Residents of Woodley in Berkshire are invited to an event on 13 March to find out more about the essential work that will be carried out this summer to upgrade Butts Hill Road bridge.

Network Rail is seeking to recruit seven engineers of the future from Wales and Borders to join its hugely successful apprentice scheme from September this year.

Engineers have completed the demolition of Splott Road bridge as work to modernise the South Wales Mainline continues.

Network Rail in Wales and Borders has announced its five-year spending proposals to improve the railway at a local level, benefitting as many passengers as possible.