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Network Rail has submitted plans for a footbridge to reduce the risk of misuse at Brayford Wharf level crossing in Lincoln. The company is also seeking to improve pedestrian access around the city through provision of two new footbridges at Brayford Wharf and High Street crossings.

The search is on across the North West for young people to join Network Rail’s advanced apprenticeship scheme.

Birmingham City Council, John Lewis and Network Rail have signed a Jobs and Skills Charter today which will help local people access more than 1,000 new jobs created by the development of the new Grand Central Birmingham shopping centre and Birmingham New Street station.

Network Rail refreshed and expanded the data available on its website’s transparency portal today: www.networkrail.co.uk/transparency

Rail Minister, Rt Hon Simon Burns MP, today saw the old and the new working in harmony at rail sites in York.

Another track record was broken over Christmas when Network Rail’s track renewal system enjoyed a rare period of unbroken work on the West Coast main line.

Speeds on part of the West Coast main line will be returning to 100mph after Network Rail and its contractors replaced the railway through a tunnel.

Punctuality on the railways reached 88.2% during Period 10, according to monthly performance data released today by Network Rail.