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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, eight will be joining the Swindon office to help grow and operate a safe and reliable railway across the western route.

Improvement work to build the passing loop, which is vital to provide an hourly service between Exeter – Waterloo, is near completion.