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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.

Residents from Launton and Bicester will have the opportunity to give their views on how railway crossing safety can be improved in their area by attending a public consultation event on Wednesday 19 November.

Network Rail has completed an £8m project to make the iconic Hawarden bridge across the River Dee stronger. The bridge is fit for the future and better able to cater for the ever increasing demand for passenger and freight services.

Members of the public are invited to attend a drop-in event to find out more about the doubling of the railway lines between Bristol’s two main stations, and about the benefits that electrification will bring to the city.

Passengers and businesses in Bristol are set to benefit from an increase in train and freight services, reduced journey times and a better travelling experience after Network Rail announced today the doubling of the railway lines between the city’s two main stations.

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

Network Rail has today announced its preferred solution for tackling the problem of continual flooding at Cowley and Stafford bridges in Exeter. This solution involves the removal of three weirs close to the bridges to lower the water level in this part of the River Exe.

Today, Friday 17 October 2014, HRH The Princess Royal officially opened the newly redoubled railway line from Swindon to Kemble in a ceremony at Kemble station.