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Apprentices regularly achieve career and personal milestones – such as managing a team or buying a house – earlier than their peers, according to new research from Network Rail. The survey results show that apprenticeships such as Network Rail’s award-winning Advanced Apprenticeship Scheme have a value far beyond the workplace skills that apprentices acquire, with many former apprentices saying they’ve had a considerable head-start on life compared to their friends.

Network Rail is carrying out important improvements to the railway at several points along the Brighton main line on Sunday 27 September.

South Africa fans hoping their side can re-ignite its Rugby World Cup hopes following a shock defeat to Japan will be among hundreds of thousands of train passengers heading to Birmingham this weekend.

Network Rail’s transformation of Port Talbot Parkway station continues this weekend as the installation of a new bridge begins.

Train passengers are being urged to allow extra time for journeys ahead of one of Birmingham’s busiest-ever weekends.

Wales Office Minister Alun Cairns visited Cardiff Central station to see first-hand how a new entrance allows even more passengers to use the busiest station in Wales.

Network Rail staff at London Liverpool Street station have been celebrating their success after winning the “Major Station of the Year” award at the prestigious National Rail Awards.

A new public space will take shape outside London Bridge as part of the Thameslink Programme’s massive rebuilding of the station.