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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.

Network Rail has submitted plans to Lincoln City Council for a new bridge which will allow pedestrians and cyclists free-flowing access along High Street in Lincoln 24-hours-a-day.

Network Rail has launched a consultation giving members of the public the opportunity to comment on plans to construct two new sections of railway track close to Grindleford and Dore & Totley stations.

Work to replace six level crossings in Essex with modern, safer alternatives has begun as part of Network Rail’s national level crossing safety improvement programme.

A footbridge which links Portsmouth and Southsea has been refurbished and reopened to provide a safe route across the railway between Portsmouth and Southsea.

A new footbridge which provides a safe route across the railway near North Sheen station has been opened by Zac Goldsmith MP and Richmond upon Thames council leader, Lord True.

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.

Network Rail today published its initial response to the Office of Rail Regulation’s (ORR) final determination for the period 2014 to 2019, CP5.