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A £2m improvement scheme is set to improve the four deep shafts in the century-old Sapperton rail tunnel.

Reading firefighters got the chance to hone their skills this week as Network Rail gave them a vacant building to use for training purposes.

More than 220 graduates have joined the Network Rail team this autumn – twice as many as last year – as the company hires the talent needed to deliver a bigger and better railway. 

Among these young guns, five will be joining the Reading office to help grow and operate a safe and reliable railway across the western route.  Some of them will also be working on developing the Reading railway re-modelling scheme.