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Work to rebuild the bridge over the railway on Rochdale Road in Manchester will increase this week as part of Network Rail’s £1bn+ investment in the north west.

The bridge over the railway at Stratton Green on Swindon Road is to be reconstructed as part of Network Rail’s Great Western Electrification Programme.

Rail passengers are reminded of a fortnight of changes to train travel on the line between Doncaster and Gainsborough as the next stage of improvement work to the Great Northern Great Eastern (GNGE) line start this Saturday (16 August).

Six secondary school students have been getting a roof-raising experience by visiting the £44m redevelopment at Manchester Victoria station. The tour was part of their prize of two weeks paid work experience, after winning Network Rail's Could IT Be You? competition to encourage more young women into technology careers.

A local resident has been found guilty of dangerous driving and banned from driving for 12 months after deliberately driving over Kintbury level crossing after the barriers had been lowered.

Network Rail is reminding people of the risks of trespassing on the railway, as the Cambrian line between Harlech and Pwllheli reopens to engineering trains from Monday 18 August, followed shortly by passenger services.

An unemployed teenager from Dartford is among 12 young people recruited from the greater London area to work on the government’s £6.5billion Thameslink Programme.

Road diversions will begin in Darwen later this month when Network Rail starts essential railway bridge maintenance work.