Wales & Western: Western news
Record investment in Thames Valley’s railway as Network Rail publishes its half-year results
New platforms, new lifts, new information systems, new concourses, new footbridges, new track; all have featured as record investment has been ploughed into the railway in the Thames Valley over the past six months.
West of England benefits from record rail investment as Network Rail publishes its half-year results
Nearly £2m a day have been invested in improving the railway on the Western route over the last six months, new figures from Network Rail show. This brings a total of £342m worth of investment to the railways across the south west of England and the Thames Valley, benefitting key towns and cities including Swindon, Chippenham, Bath, Bristol, Kemble, Taunton and Gloucester.
New retail choices for passengers at Reading station
Passengers in Reading are set to benefit as six new retailers set-up shop on the station's new passenger bridge in April 2014.
Could IT be a girl from the south west? - Network Rail to pay first year's university fee in new competition to encourage more women into IT
Network Rail's chief information officer is so concerned about the rapid slide in the number of women entering the UK's IT sector, she has launched a new competition for girls which will see the company pay the winner's first year of university fees.
Excavation of new Crossrail dive-under begins at Acton
The excavation of 34,000 tonnes of earth for a new rail underpass just outside Acton Main Line station has begun as part of works to prepare the route for the full arrival of Crossrail services in 2019.
Pact to Drive Bristol Temple Meads Redevelopment Signed
Network Rail, Bristol City Council, West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and English Heritage have come together to sign a 25-year memorandum of understanding to drive the redevelopment of Bristol Temple Meads station today.
Music artists take unique sound test to support new rail safety campaign across the south west of England
UK rapper Wretch32 and spoken word performer George the Poet have put their hearing to the test in a unique experiment as part of a new Network Rail safety campaign aimed at young men called Track Tests.
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