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Major work to replace the railway bridge at Orphanage Road in Watford will start in February as essential improvements to provide a better, more reliable railway for passengers on the West Coast Main Line continues.

Water in a rail tunnel near Farringdon is causing delays of up to 45 minutes to this evening’s Thameslink service.

Network Rail is seeking to recruit 200 young people from across Britain for its award-winning apprenticeship scheme, as it continues the largest investment into the railway since Victorian times.

Five bridges over the railway between between Bolton and Chorley on the Manchester to Preston line are to be rebuilt as part of the electrification of the route.

Rochester’s new station is taking shape with new platforms, stairs and underpass in place on the town centre site.

Passengers are being advised to check before they travel on the West Coast main line in February as Network Rail continues its programme of investment and improvements.

Passengers will benefit from a better travelling experience after Network Rail announced today that work will soon begin to increase accessibility at Severn Tunnel Junction station by installing a new footbridge.

Train services on certain routes between Manchester stations and Liverpool and Liverpool and Wigan are to be amended on Friday nights and Sundays over the next six weeks.